Given name
Tikvah
“hope”
Tikvah is used as a given name. One interpretation is “hope.”
Original Hebrewתקוה
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “hope.”
Where it comes from
Tikvah is a variant of Tikva. An origin associated with Tikva is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb qawa (קוה), “to gather into strength, to hope.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Tikvah appears in 2 Kings 22:14.
From biblical name research
Tikvah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 51
- 0 boys · 51 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #17,056 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 17,056 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.
Tikvah’s family of names
Tikvah has a related form in Tikva. Tikvah has a related form in Tikva.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Tikvah
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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