Name: Alva
Gender: Unisex (Male and Female)
Usage: Alva, of norse origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a unisex (male and female) name.
People having the name Alva are in general originating from Germany, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Alva across the world, see Alf.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Alva is: Elf, Fair complected.
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Numerology of the first name Alva: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 9. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: humanitarian, self-sacrificing, idealistic, giving, altruist, devoted, romantic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Compassionate, Idealistic
Ruling planet: Mars
Colors: Red
Gemstones: Bloodstone
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The name Alva is ranked on the 8,105th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 33200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Alva has four characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Alva for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Alva is a given name. It is used in Sweden and Norway as a feminine form of the name Alf, meaning "elf." It is also a spelling variant of the Biblical masculine name Alvah, meaning "his highness." Alva is a currently popular name in Sweden, where it was ranked among the ten most popular names given to newborn girls in 2012. Notable people with the name include:
- Alva Adams (governor) (1850–1922), Governor of Colorado
- Alva B. Adams (1875–1941), U.S. Senator from Colorado, son of the governor
- Alva Baptiste, Saint Lucian politician
- Alva Belmont (1853–1933), American socialite and suffragette
- Alva Bradley (1884–1953), American businessman and baseball executive
- Alva Colquhoun (born 1942), Australian swimmer
- Alva Duer (1904–1987), American college basketball coach
- Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931), American inventor and businessman
- Alva Clark Forney (1871–1956), Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota (1925–1927)
- Alva L. Hager (1850–1923), three-term U.S. Representative from Iowa
- Alva Johnston (1888–1950), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author and biographer
- Alva Kelley (1918–1999), American collegiate football player and coach
- Alva Liles (1956-1998), American football player
- Alva M. Lumpkin (1886–1941), U.S. Senator from South Carolina for less than a month
- Alva Myrdal (1902–1986), Swedish Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Alva Ross (died 2004), Jamaican politician
- Alva Wong (born 1982), Canadian coach
Irish: Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Almha. This is of uncertain origin; it is earlier found in the form Almu and was borne, according to legend, by a semi-divine heroine who gave her name to the fortress and hill of Almu in Leinster.
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