Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Nivia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nivia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 560
- 0 boys · 560 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 26 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 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 26 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,272 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.
Nivia’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Nivia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Evelia
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>99% girls
Adria
“man from Hadria” · “a man from Hadria”
>99% girls
Nichole
“of the victorious people”
>99% girls
Elicia
“my God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Nina
“a little girl” · “a fiery woman”
>99% girls
Imelda
“warrior in the universal battle”
>99% girls
Nikki
“of the victorious people”
1% boys · 99% girls
Olympia
“from Mount Olympus; a goddess”
>99% girls