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Comments and insights on the name Alva

My name is Alva and I like my name, because It's different. Even though a lot of people that are not from Sweden, like me, have a hard time pronouncing it.

Alva and Vala are anagrams of each other; they contain the same letters.

Personal experiences with the name Alva

Although Alva is feminine-sounding because of its -a ending, it has been used in the 19th-21st centuries as a unisex name.

Nicknames for Alva

Alie, Alvie

My name is Alva and people often call me Alvisch, Alvis and Alv.

Meanings and history of the name Alva

Feminine form of Scandinavian name Alf, meaning "elf" or a short form of female compound names beginning with Alf-, such as Alfhild and Alfrida.
Anglicised form of the Irish Gaelic name Ailbhe, meaning "white, noble bright".

Famous real-life people named Alva

Alva Myrdal (1902–1986), Swedish Nobel Peace Prize winner
Alva Erskine Belmont (1853–1933), American socialite, suffragette, activist, and feminist
Alva Merlin Colquhoun (born 1942), Australian swimmer and Olympic silver medalist

Alva in song, story & screen