Eiva

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Finnish
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Name of unknown origin and meaning. Theories include

1) Female form of Eivar

2) Variant form of Eivor (see Eyvǫr)

3) Creative spelling of Ava (English pronunciation)

Related Names

Eiva	♀
Eyva	♀

For male forms see Eive

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Eivuson

Female

Eivudóttir

Grammar

- Finnish
Nominative:	Eiva
Genitive:	Eivan
Partitive:	Eivaa

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Eiva
Accusative:	Eivu
Dative:	Eivu
Genitive:	Eivu

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Eiva
Genitive:	Eivas

- Swedish
Nominative:	Eiva
Genitive:	Eivas

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden: 1902 (Stora Malm, Södermanland)
• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name on 9 March 2023

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden: 1920-1949

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Västsverige
  • Östsverige

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 10 people were named Eiva (percentage of first or only given name: 100 %)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		14	20	14	20	0	0
Denmark		8	n.a.	8	n.a.	0	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	2	n.a.	2	0	0
Norway		17	n.a.	17	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Eiva.