Shalva
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ʃɑɫvə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Shalva is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- GEGeorgia≈1 in 804K(inferred from the name graph)
- ARArgentina1 in 6.4Kas Salva
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 8Kas Salva
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Shalva itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 168 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 804K (inferred from the name graph)
≈14,000 named Salva, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Georgia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Salva in AR Argentina, PH Philippines, ES Spain and 2 more and შალვა in GE Georgia.
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
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Shalva 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | — | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 8K | — | Salva | 49 |
| AR Argentina | #717 | 7,079as Salva | 1 in 6.4K | 7.1K | Salva | 67 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈6,600 est. | ≈1 in 40K | — | Shalva | 16 |
| ES Spain | — | 2,370as Salva | 1 in 21K | 2.4K | Salva | 116 |
| US United States | — | 1,474as Salva | 1 in 226K | 1.5K | Salva | 160 |
| BO Bolivia | — | ≈660 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Salva | 16 |
| SK Slovakia | — | 219as Salva | 1 in 25K | 219 | Shalva | 3 |
| GE Georgia | — | ≈5 est. | ≈1 in 804K | 13K | შალვა | 37 |
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); Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Shalva Dadianib. 1874GEGeorgian actor and writer (1874–1959)
- Shalva Eliavab. 1883GEGeorgian Soviet diplomat (1883–1937)
- Shalva Nutsubidzeb. 1888GEGeorgian philosopher (1888–1969)
- Shalva Maglakelidzeb. 1893GEGeorgian general (1893-1976)
- Shalva Loladzeb. 1916GESoviet Air Force officer (1916-1945)
- Shalva Natelashvilib. 1958GEGeorgian politician
- Shalva Papuashvilib. 1976GEGeorgian politician
- Shalva Apkhazavab. 1980GEfootballer (1980-2004)
- Shalva Mamukashvilib. 1990GEGeorgian rugby union player
- Shalva of AkhaltsikheGeorgian saint
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 14 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 142 | #35,030 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 91 | #17,051 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 89 | #35,030 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 89 | #8,102 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2010 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 8 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
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
- How do you pronounce Shalva?
- A machine transcription gives /ʃɑɫvə/ (IPA) for Georgian.
- Is Shalva a male or female name?
- Shalva is a male 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.
- In which country does Shalva have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 14 thousand people named Salva in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Shalva?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 7,079 people named Salva, about 1 in 6.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Shalva compared with other names?
- In Argentina, Shalva is the 717th most common surname of 398,256 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Shalva?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/shalvaThe 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, “Shalva” — the 717th most common surname in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.