Given name & surname
Tikva
“one who has hope”
Tikva is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who has hope.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who has hope.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2016. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tikva through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 0 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 6 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 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 2016.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tikva’s family of names
Tikva has a related form in Tickva. Tikva has a related form in Ticva. Tikva has a related form in Tikvah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
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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