Meaning of the nameIva

Iva is a name used in Brazil mostly by women; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil gives it as the feminine of Ivo, a name linked to the 'yew'.

Meaning

“feminine form of Ivo, a name linked to the root iv-, 'yew'”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Iva · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ivo

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People (2022): 8,856
Rank in Brazil: #1,863
Median age: 60 years
2010 Census: 11,032; people

Iva in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Iva, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (2,107 people).

7,758 women 1,098 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Iva is most common

States with the highest share of people named Iva in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Goiás 0.007%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.007%
Bahia 0.007%
Pernambuco 0.006%
Mato Grosso 0.005%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,472	0.003%
Minas Gerais	1,055	0.005%
Bahia	932	0.007%
Rio Grande do Sul	770	0.007%
Rio de Janeiro	609	0.004%
Pernambuco	541	0.006%
Goiás	513	0.007%
Paraná	450	0.004%
Santa Catarina	372	0.005%
Ceará	257	0.003%
Maranhão	206	0.003%
Mato Grosso	196	0.005%
Pará	189	0.002%
Distrito Federal	152	0.005%
Paraíba	150	0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul	144	0.005%
Piauí	135	0.004%
Amazonas	131	0.003%
Espírito Santo	115	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	109	0.003%
Tocantins	88	0.006%
Alagoas	86	0.003%
Rondônia	68	0.004%
Sergipe	47	0.002%
Roraima	26	0.004%
Acre	22	0.003%
Amapá	21	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Iva

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing José Pedro Machado, records Iva as the feminine of Ivo, and Ivo as an adaptation of French Yve, from the root iv-, 'yew'. Wiktionary gives Ivo this Germanic origin, from *īhwaz, 'yew, bow', and another possible one, as a short form of Ivan. Because IBGE does not record accents, IVA also includes the male spelling Ivã, which Wiktionary gives as a variant of Ivan. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 8,856 people named Iva, with a median age of 60. Proportionally, the name is most common in Goiás.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Iva · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ivo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Wiktionary: Ivo · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Ivã · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Iva

What does the name Iva mean?

Iva means “feminine form of Ivo, a name linked to the root iv-, 'yew'”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Iva in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,856 people with the first name Iva, which ranks it number 1,863 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Iva a boy's or a girl's name?

Iva is used by both men and women: in the 2022 Census, 7,758 women and 1,098 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Iva?

Iva is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Iva most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.007% of the state's population is named Iva (513 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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