Throughout the world, Альв (Alv 
, Alfr 
, Альв 
) is a rare largely masculine, but infrequently female forename. The first name Альв is characteristic of Norway, where it is a rare boy's name, Bolivia, and Greece. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Indonesia, Algeria, and Bolivia. More prevalently, Альв is the last name as well as the forename.