Liv

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Liv is a Nordic female given name derived from the Old Norse "hlíf", which means "shelter" or "protection". In modern Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish it is also homophonous with the word "liv" meaning "life".

From Wikipedia

Liv first appears in the data in 1956 and has been recorded in 52 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2017 with 437 babies (rank #672 that year). In 2024 it was given to 308 girls (rank #874). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Liv

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Liv yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

6,603
Total babies (all years)
52
Years in the data
437
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19565#6,481
19585#6,615
19695#8,111
19725#9,024
197313#4,493
197422#3,171
197520#3,460
197615#4,257
197715#4,547
197818#4,000
197921#3,729
198012#5,747
198112#5,762
198219#4,109
19839#7,050
19847#8,699
19858#7,987
19876#10,638
19906#12,262
19917#10,973
19927#11,180
19948#10,127
19958#10,124
19968#10,133
19978#10,382
199817#5,966
199915#6,705
200036#3,627
200130#4,155
200244#3,224
200381#2,157
2004112#1,731
200597#1,978
200684#2,280
2007103#1,996
2008129#1,727
2009174#1,369
2010195#1,238
2011270#951
2012237#1,061
2013274#927
2014357#784
2015396#719
2016414#697
2017437#672
2018429#681
2019434#668
2020432#665
2021424#686
2022400#729
2023405#702
2024308#874