In the entire world, Jiv (Jiv 
) is quite a common unisex first name. The first name Jiv is characteristic of India, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare male name, and Philippines, where it is a very rare predominantly male, but very seldom female name. Much less frequently, Jiv is the last name as well as the forename.
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