Given name

Javé

“to become”·“he causes to become”

Javé is a given name from Hebrew. It is used in Portuguese.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Javé is built from elements meaning “to become” and “he causes to become”.

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Where it comes from

Javé comes from Hebrew.

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How it developed

From Hebrew יהוה.

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Javé’s family of names

In Portuguese usage, Javé shares an earlier linguistic root with Jeová.

Walk Javé’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

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

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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

Hebrew · Biblical

Jahweh

“he who causes” · “whilst causing”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Jakeh

“pious”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Ján

“Yahweh is gracious”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Jozë

Jozë is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Albanian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Japhlet

“he will deliver”

No U.S. birth series

86% boys · 14% girls

Hebrew · Biblical

Jashen

“sleeping”

No U.S. birth series

91% boys · 9% girls

Hebrew · Biblical

Jaddai

“... unclear but perhaps beloved or praised”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Jákup

“he will/shall heel”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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

A brother for Javé