Aviva is a female

first name First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1). First or 1st may also refer to: *World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement Arts and media Music * 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and rec ...

. It is a modern Hebrew name meaning springlike, dewy, or fresh.

Russian first name

The name was borrowed into the Russian language as non-canonicalPetrovsky, pp. 28 and 34 "" (''Aviva'').Petrovsky, p. 34 Its masculine version is

Aviv Aviv ( he, אביב) means "barley ripening", and by extension "spring season" in Hebrew. It is also used as a given name, surname, and place name, as in Tel Aviv. The first month of the year is called the month of Aviv in the Pentateuch. The mo ...

, with "Aviva" also being one of its possible diminutives. The diminutives of "Aviva" are Avivka () and Viva ().

People with this name

* Aviva (singer), part of duo Shuky & Aviva *

Aviva Armour-Ostroff Aviva Armour-Ostroff is a Canadian actress, writer and filmmaker. She is most noted as the star, co-writer and co-director of the 2021 film '' Lune'', for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actress at the 10th Canadian S ...

, Canadian actress, writer and filmmaker *

Aviva Baumann Aviva Baumann ( Farber; born July 10, 1984) is an American actress. She is known for playing Nicola in the comedy film ''Superbad'' (2007), young Shannon Gibbs on the military police procedural series '' NCIS'', and Mandy on the sitcom ''Party D ...

(b. 1984), American actress *

Aviva Burnstock Aviva Ruth Burnstock (born 1959) is head of the Department of Art Conservation & Technology at the Courtauld Institute, London. Professor Burnstock is a graduate of the University of Sussex (BSc. Neurobiology 1981) and took in 1991 a PhD at the C ...

(b. 1959), British academic *

Aviva Cantor Aviva Cantor (born 1940) is an American journalist, lecturer and author. An advocate of feminism and the democratization of Jewish communal life, Cantor has been actively involved in promoting progressive Jewish causes for over 40 years. She was a ...

(b. 1940), American journalist * Aviva Chomsky (b. 1957), American academic * Aviva Dautch (b. 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 (b. 1946), American filmmaker * Aviva Rabinovich (1927-2007), professor of botany, chief scientist at the

Israel Nature and Parks Authority The Israel Nature and Parks Authority ( he, רשות הטבע והגנים ''Rashut Hateva Vehaganim''; ar, سلطة الطبيعة والحدائق) is an Israeli government organization that manages nature reserves and national parks in Israel, ...

, environmental activist. *

Aviva Rahmani Aviva Rahmani is an Ecological artist whose public and ecological art projects have involved collaborative interdisciplinary community teams with scientists, planners, environmentalists and other artists. Her projects range from complete landscape ...

, American land artist * Aviva Slesin, Lithuanian documentary filmmaker *

Aviva Uri Aviva Uri (Hebrew: אביבה אורי; March 12, 1922 – September 1, 1989) was an Israeli painter. Biography Aviva Uri studied dance with Gertrude Kraus. In 1941, she married Moshe Levin, with whom she had a daughter, Rachel. In 1943, she st ...

(1922–1989), Israeli painter

Fictional characters

* Aviva Corcovado, one of the main characters in ''

Wild Kratts ''Wild Kratts'' is a live action/ Flash-animated educational children's television series created by the Kratt brothers, Chris and Martin. The Kratt Brothers Company and 9 Story Media Group produce the show, which is presented by PBS Kids in t ...

'', an American-Canadian children's animated series * Aviva Masters, one of the main characters in the 2007 film ''

Primeval Primeval may refer to: * Primeval forest, an area of forest that has attained great age * Primeval number, a positive integer satisfying certain conditions * Primeval history, name given by biblical scholars to the first eleven chapters of the Bo ...

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Sources

*Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (''Dictionary of Russian First Names''). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. {{Given name Feminine given names Russian feminine given names English feminine given names Hebrew feminine given names