Given name & surname
Mava
“one who brings joy to others”
Mava is a variant of Mave. One interpretation is “one who brings joy to others.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mava is a variant of Mave. One interpretation is “one who brings joy to others.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mava through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 300
- 0 boys · 300 girls
- Most popular year
- 1939
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1939. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 201 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mava’s family of names
Mava has a related form in Mave. In Greek usage, Mava as a surname is a transliteration of Μάβα.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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