Meaning and origin
Iva is a Russian girl name. The meaning of the name is `God is Gracious`.
Where is it used? The name Iva is mainly used in Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian and in Croatian.
It is an abbreviated form of Ivana, used in Czech, Serbian and in Croatian.
See also In Russian, Czech, Serbian and in Croatian: Ivan In Czech, Serbian, Croatian and in Bulgarian: Ivanka
Extra information: Alternative meanings ( ) Also Bulgarian, Serbian, Russian, Croatian, and Czechoslovakian
What Iva`s say about their name
The best thing about the name Iva: to be iva
The worst thing about the name: nothing
If my name wasn`t Iva....: than i would be named jeanne
Extra information: no!
Iva doesn`t appear in 2007`s top-1000 name list. The last time Iva appeared in the top-1000 was 48 years ago, in 1960. It ranked #899 in that year. . 1890 was a `top year` for the name Iva. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #113. Our records go back to 1880