Ziva

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Ziva, Zivah, or Zhiva, is originally a Hebrew name. Ziva is a first name for women and an equally uncommon last name. The meaning of the name Ziva, which is a variant of Ziv, is “radiance, brilliance, light, brightness, light of God”.

From Wikipedia

Ziva first appears in the data in 1960 and has been recorded in 26 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2011 with 192 babies (rank #1,249 that year). In 2024 it was given to 155 girls (rank #1,432). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Ziva

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

22Destiny numberThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

2,669

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

192

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
1960	6	#6,386
1961	8	#5,307
1962	9	#4,864
1963	6	#6,586
1964	7	#6,006
1965	5	#7,530
2005	5	#19,180
2006	11	#10,606
2007	25	#5,706
2008	35	#4,446
2009	99	#2,075
2010	161	#1,429
2011	192	#1,249
2012	160	#1,431
2013	172	#1,361
2014	149	#1,500
2015	141	#1,564
2016	129	#1,666
2017	149	#1,494
2018	172	#1,323
2019	174	#1,318
2020	182	#1,254
2021	183	#1,272
2022	162	#1,410
2023	172	#1,323
2024	155	#1,432