All around the world, Akiva (Akiva 
, עקיבא , Акива 
) is a rare mostly male, but uncommonly feminine first name. The given name Akiva is characteristic of Grenada, where it is quite a common masculine name, Austria, where it is a rare boy's name, and Israel. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in the United States, India, and the United Kingdom. Likewise, Akiva is the last name as well as the forename.
| akiva ha-kohen CZ (b. 1450) |
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akiva librecht Founder of Petah Tikva (1876-1958) (b. 1876) |
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| akiva yosef schlesinger SK (b. 1837) |
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| akiva presburger Victim of the Holocaust, HU (b. 1867) |
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| akiva arieh weiss Founder of Tel Aviv (1868-1947), GB (b. 1868) |
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akiva yaglom Russian mathematician, US (b. 1921) |
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akiva ehrenfeld American-Israeli rabbi, AT (b. 1923) |
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| akiva fishtzang Victim of the Holocaust, PL (b. 1885) |
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| akiva maharshak Victim of the Holocaust, LT (b. 1889) |
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| akiva katz Victim of the Holocaust, UZ (b. 1902) |
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| akiva vroman Israeli geologist, NL (b. 1912) |
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akiva goldsman American film producer, US (b. 1962) |
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akiva schaffer American comedy writer, actor and film director, US (b. 1977) |
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akiva tatz British rabbi, ZA |
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| akiva orr political activist, DE (b. 1931) |
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