Aviva is a female

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. It is a modern Hebrew name which translates to 'spring' or 'springtime'.

Russian first name

The name was borrowed into the

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as non-canonicalPetrovsky, pp. 28 and 34 "" (''Aviva'').Petrovsky, p. 34 Its masculine version is

Aviv Aviv () means "spring (season)" in Hebrew language, Hebrew. Aviv is the first month of the year in the Pentateuch, and is later called Nisan in the book of Esther and in subsequent post-exilic history up to the present day. These names are sometim ...

. 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 (born 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 ...

(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 The Israel Nature and Parks Authority (, ; ) is an Israeli government organization that manages nature reserves and national parks in Israel, the Golan Heights and parts of the West Bank. The organization was founded in April 1998, merging two o ...

, environmental activist * Aviva Rahmani, American land artist * Aviva Semadar (1935–2025), Israeli folklore and chanson singer *

Aviva Slesin Aviva Slesin is a documentary film, documentary film-maker. Slesin was awarded the Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary for her film The Ten Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table in 1987. She is member of the Directors ...

, Lithuanian documentary filmmaker * Aviva Uri (1922–1989), Israeli painter

Fictional characters

* 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''

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