Chava

Where Chava comes from

From Hebrew חַוָּה (khavá, “Eve”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Chava
  • Hebrew
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1951
    First appearance
    #4,833 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2024
    Peak, #1,398
    160 babies named Chava — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.