Liv (name)
Liv is a female given name .
origin
“Liv” originally comes from the Old Norse hlíf “protection, defense”. In the modern Scandinavian languages the name is now also homophonic with the word liv 'life', which actually has a different origin (anord. Líf ).
Name bearer
First name
- Liv Alsterlund (* 1971), Swedish actress
- Liv-Kjersti Bergman (* 1979), Norwegian biathlete
- Liv-Benedicte Bjørneboe (* 1965), Norwegian organist, composer and cantor
- Liv Boeree (* 1984), British poker player, television presenter and model
- Liv Dommersnes (1922-2014), Norwegian actress
- Liv Lisa Fries (* 1990), German actress
- Liv Hewson (born 1995), Australian actress.
- Liv Køltzow (* 1945), Norwegian feminist writer
- Liv Kristine (* 1976), Norwegian singer
- Liv Mjönes (* 1979), Swedish actress
- Liv Signe Navarsete (* 1958), Norwegian politician
- Liv Grete Poirée (* 1974), Norwegian biathlete
- Liv Sansoz (* 1977), French mountaineer and sport climber
- Liv Sprenger (* 1936), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
- Liv Grete Skjelbreid (* 1974), Norwegian biathlete
- Liv Inger Somby (* 1962), Sami-Norwegian journalist, author and university lecturer
- Liv Strömquist (* 1978), Swedish cartoonist and radio presenter
- Liv Tyler (born 1977), American actress
- Liv Ullmann (* 1938), Norwegian actress and director
- Liv Westphal (* 1993), French athlete
family name
- Stefan Liv (1980–2011), Swedish ice hockey goalkeeper