Elva
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Sometimes anglicised as Olive; Irish form Ailbhe given as Oj/bhe in OCR
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɛlba/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Elva is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- PYParaguay≈1 in 1K(inferred from the name graph)
- PEPeru≈1 in 1.2K
- ARArgentina≈1 in 2.1K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 303 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈90,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Paraguay, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Sometimes anglicised as Olive; Irish form Ailbhe given as Oj/bhe in OCR.
Sources 1
- Irish first names
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Elva counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈90,000 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Elva | 33 |
| PE Peru | #285 | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Elva | 61 |
| AR Argentina | #399 | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | 67 | Elva | 54 |
| US United States | — | 18,332 | 1 in 18K | 18K | Elva | 303 |
| PY Paraguay | #170 | ≈6,900 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Elva | 35 |
| BO Bolivia | #775 | ≈6,300 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | — | Elva | 32 |
| IS Iceland | — | 338 | 1 in 1K | 338 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Elva is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Jefa, comandante
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
In crh, helva, a sweet prepared in many varieties with sesame oil
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, A Roman cognomen — famously held by
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Bokmål, definite feminine singular of elv
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Nynorsk, definite singular of elv
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Elva R. Kendallb. 1893USU.S. Representative from Kentucky (1893-1968)
- Elva Lawtonb. 1896USAmerican botanist and bryologist (1896-1993)
- Mrs. Millerb. 1907USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer (1907-1997)
- Elva Rouletb. 1932ARArgentinian politician
- Elva Macíasb. 1944MXMexican poet
- Flor Pileñab. 1961PEnot in their usual namePeruvian singer
- Elva Ósk Ólafsdóttirb. 1964ISIcelandic actress
- Elva Dryerb. 1971USAmerican runner
- Elva Hsiaob. 1979TWTaiwanese singer (born 1979)
- Elva Goulbourneb. 1980JMJamaican long jumper
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 72 sources across 41 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 18K | #1,690 |
| IS Iceland | Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry) | 2026 | 338 | — |
| IS Iceland | Hagstofa Íslands — Given-name frequency by population (2005) | 2005 | 282 | #132 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 238 | #1,690 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 41 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1981 | 5 | — |
| AR Argentina | datos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015) | 2015 | 3 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror) | 2015 | 3 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2024 | 2 | #3,969 |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Elva mean, and where does it come from?
- Sometimes anglicised as Olive; Irish form Ailbhe given as Oj/bhe in OCR. Recorded by Irish first names.
- Is Elva a male or female name?
- Elva is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Elva?
- In the etymology graph, Elba, Alby and Elfa are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Elva have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 90 thousand people named Elva in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled elva.
- How do you pronounce Elva?
- A machine transcription gives /ɛlba/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- How common is the name Elva?
- In the United States, the national register counted 18,332 people named Elva in 2020, about 1 in 18 thousand residents.
- How common is Elva compared with other names?
- In Paraguay, Elva is the 170th most common given name of 20,931 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Elva?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/elvaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Elva” — the 170th most common given name in Paraguay. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.