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.
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| Marva | Indonesia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, Jamaica, United States |
| Marha | Indonesia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mexico, India, United States |
| Mariha | Indonesia, United Kingdom, India, Bangladesh, United States |
| Марва | Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia |
Marva is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Marva Kulp, Jr. , the character from The Parent Trap.
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marva collins American schoolteacher (1936-2015), US (b. 1936) |
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| marva lee pitchford-jolly American sculptor (1937-2012), US (b. 1937) |
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| marva nabili Iranian filmmaker, IR (b. 1941) |
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| marva whitney American singer, US (b. 1944) |
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| marva black beck American politician, US (b. 1944) |
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| marva wright American singer, US (b. 1948) |
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| marva dawn American theologian, US (b. 1948) |
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| marva marrow American singer-songwriter, US (b. 1948) |
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| marva rollins Director, Rollins Education Consultancy Ltd, since 2018; Headteacher, Raynham Primary School, Edmonton, 2000–19 (part-time, 2018–19) (b. 1951) |
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| marva spence sharpe Afro Costa Rican linguist, CR (b. 1952) |
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| marva cremer (b. 1942) |
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| marva hicks American musician, US (b. 1956) |
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| marva v goodson researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-2138-3691) |
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| marva seifert researcher |
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| marva moxey-mims researcher |
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