Velva

Where Velva comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Velva.

  • Vowel-ended
Velva through the years
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,136 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1910
    Velva Elaine Rudd born
    American botanist and legume curator
  3. 1913
    Peak, #519
    96 babies named Velva, its best rank.
  4. 1943
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,169.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Velva Elaine Rudd · American botanist and legume curator, 1910–1999

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