Forename Marva

Throughout the world, Marva (Marva , Marha , Mariha ) is a common principally girly, but very infrequently male forename. The given name Marva is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Jamaica, where it is quite a common feminine name, Barbados, and Bahamas, where it is quite a rare female name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in the United States, India, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Very seldom, Marva is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Marva

name Марьва, name Marha, name Mariha, name Marvá, name Марва, name מארוא, name Marvà, name מרווה, name Marva, name مارڤى

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Marva	Jamaica, United States, India, Indonesia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Marha	United States, India, Mexico, Indonesia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mariha	Bangladesh, United Kingdom, United States, India, Indonesia
Марва	Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan

First names said to be same

Marvà, Marvá, Марьва, מארוא, מרווה, and مارڤى

First name Marva in the context

Marva is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Marva Kulp, Jr. , the character from The Parent Trap.

Notable namesakes

	marva collins American schoolteacher (1936-2015), US (b. 1936)
	marva lee pitchford-jolly American sculptor (1937-2012), US (b. 1937)
	marva nabili Iranian filmmaker, IR (b. 1941)
	marva whitney American singer, US (b. 1944)
	marva black beck American politician, US (b. 1944)
	marva wright American singer, US (b. 1948)
	marva dawn American theologian, US (b. 1948)
	marva marrow American singer-songwriter, US (b. 1948)
	marva rollins Director, Rollins Education Consultancy Ltd, since 2018; Headteacher, Raynham Primary School, Edmonton, 2000–19 (part-time, 2018–19) (b. 1951)
	marva spence sharpe Afro Costa Rican linguist, CR (b. 1952)
	marva cremer (b. 1942)
	marva hicks American musician, US (b. 1956)
	marva v goodson researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-2138-3691)
	marva seifert researcher
	marva moxey-mims researcher

Characteristic surnames

Cox, Gordon, Graham, Taylor, Thomas, Turner, Nelson, Harris, Walker, Wilson, Wright, Stewart, Coleman, Roberts, Jackson, Johnson, Edwards, Mitchell, Anderson, Campbell, Robinson, Thompson, Parker, Brooks, Bailey, Carter, Lee, Bell, Hall, Hill, Moore, Scott, Smith, Allen, Adams, Clark, Williams, Baker, Davis, Green, Lewis, James, Jones, Evans, White, Martin, Morris, Miller, Brown, and Washington