Alva (first name)
Alva is a female and male given name .
Origin and meaning
The female name Alva is of Swedish origin. In this case it is the feminine form of Alvar , whose components are ahd. Alf "elf, nature spirit" and ahd. Heri "warband, army". The name also means: "Fee". The Latin meaning is: "the wise".
The male first name Alva comes from the Hebrew עַלְוָהAlvah and means "His Highness". In the Bible, a descendant of Esau bears this name.
distribution
The name is currently very popular in Sweden and in 2005 was the 8th most awarded female first name in Sweden.
name day
As a name day is September 3 celebrated.
Name bearer
- Alva Adams (politician) (1850-1922), American politician (Colorado)
- Alva B. Adams (1875–1941), American politician (Colorado)
- Alva J. Fisher (1862-1947), American engineer
- Alva Noë (* 1964), American philosopher and cognitive scientist
Name bearers
- Alva Myrdal (1902–1986), Swedish Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- Alva Vanderbilt Belmont (1853–1933), American suffragette
Intermediate name
- Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931), American inventor
- Thomas Alva Edison Jr. (1876-1935), American inventor
- Frank Alva Buecheler (* 1957), German theater director
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ The large first name lexicon , 3rd edition, Dudenverlag, Mannheim et al. 2007.
- ↑ Alvah at behindthename.com
- ↑ www.beliebte-vornamen.de , as of May 6, 2008.