Given name

Chavah

“a lively woman; giver of life”

Chavah is a variant of Chaba. In Hebrew use, Chaba carries the interpretation “a lively woman; giver of life.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Chavah is a variant of Chaba. In Hebrew use, Chaba carries the interpretation “a lively woman; giver of life.”

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2014. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Chavah through the years

Babies since 1880
15
0 boys · 15 girls
Most popular year
2014
5 babies
2025
5
#15,405 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012342025Highest share 20253.1
Chavah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2014–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,405 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Chavah’s family of names

Chavah has a related form in Chaba.

Walk Chavah’s family in the name graph

ChavahChavaChabaChavvah

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Chavah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Rhayna

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>99% girls

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Awna

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>99% girls

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Charliyah

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>99% girls

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Achaia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Adaiyah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Anyila

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Aleeyah

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>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Chavah’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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