Liv

Where Liv comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Liv.

Liv through the years
  1. 1938
    Liv Ullmann born
    Norwegian actress, director, and screenwriter
  2. 1956
    First appearance
    #5,952 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1977
    Liv Tyler born
    American actress
  4. 2020
    Peak, #666
    432 babies named Liv, its best rank.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Liv Tyler · American actress, born 1977
  • Liv Ullmann · Norwegian actress, director, and screenwriter, born 1938
  • Liv Lisa Fries · German actress, born 1990
  • Liv Kristine · Norwegian singer, born 1976
  • Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée · Norwegian biathlete, born 1974

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.