Aviva is a female first name. It is a modern Hebrew name which translates to 'spring' or 'springtime'.[1]
Russian first name
[edit]The name was borrowed into the Russian language as non-canonical[2] "Ави́ва" (Aviva).[3] Its masculine version is Aviv.[3] The diminutives of "Aviva" are Avivka (Ави́вка) and Viva (Ви́ва).[3]
People with this name
[edit]- Aviva (singer), part of duo Shuky & Aviva
- Aviva Armour-Ostroff, Canadian actress, writer and filmmaker
- Aviva Baumann (born 1984), American actress
- Aviva Burnstock (born 1959), British academic
- Aviva Cantor (born 1940), American journalist
- Aviva Chomsky (born 1957), American academic
- Aviva Dautch (born 1978), British poet, academic and curator
- Aviva Drescher, cast member who joined The Real Housewives of New York City in season 5
- Aviva Gileadi (1917–2001), Israeli nuclear scientist
- Aviva Kempner (born 1946), American filmmaker
- Aviva Rabinovich (1927–2007), professor of botany, chief scientist at the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, environmental activist
- Aviva Rahmani, American land artist
- Aviva Slesin, Lithuanian documentary filmmaker
- Aviva Uri (1922–1989), Israeli painter
Fictional characters
[edit]- Aviva Corcovado, one of the main characters in Wild Kratts, an American-Canadian children's animated series
- Aviva Masters, one of the main characters in the 2007 film Primeval
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Notes
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-17-002940-3