Ritva

Ritva is a Finnish or Faroese female given name .

Origin and meaning of the name

• Finnish " ritva " = tender branch of a deciduous tree.

name day

• July 5th .
• From 1986 to 2000 also January 4th .

Well-known namesake

• Ritva Holmberg (1944–2014), Finnish actress and director
• Ritva Hannele Lauri (* 1952), Finnish actress
• Ritva Lemettinen-Melender (* 1960), Finnish long-distance runner
• Ritva Sarin-Grufberg (* 1944), Åland politician
• Ritva K. Schröder (1931–2018), Finnish-German translator
• Ritva Toivola (1942–2016), Finnish children's author