Aviva (given name) explained

Aviva is a female first name. It is a modern Hebrew name which translates to 'spring' or 'springtime'.^[1]

Russian first name

The name was borrowed into the Russian language as non-canonical^[2] "Russian: Ави́ва" (Aviva).^[3] Its masculine version is Aviv. The diminutives of "Aviva" are Avivka (Russian: Ави́вка) and Viva (Russian: Ви́ва).

People with this name

• Aviva (singer), part of duo Shuky & Aviva
• Aviva Armour-Ostroff, Canadian actress, writer and filmmaker
• Aviva Baumann (born 1984), American actress
• Aviva Burnstock (born 1959), British academic
• Aviva Cantor (born 1940), American journalist
• Aviva Chomsky (born 1957), American academic
• Aviva Dautch (born 1978), British poet, academic and curator
• Aviva Drescher, cast member who joined The Real Housewives of New York City in season 5
• Aviva Gileadi (1917–2001), Israeli nuclear scientist
• Aviva Kempner (born 1946), American filmmaker
• Aviva Rabinovich (1927–2007), professor of botany, chief scientist at the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, environmental activist
• Aviva Rahmani, American land artist
• Aviva Slesin, Lithuanian documentary filmmaker
• Aviva Uri (1922–1989), Israeli painter

Fictional characters

• Aviva Corcovado, one of the main characters in Wild Kratts, an American-Canadian children's animated series
• Aviva Masters, one of the main characters in the 2007 film Primeval

See also

• Aviv (name)

References

Sources

• Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Morfix Dictionary | אביבה באנגלית | פירוש אביבה בעברית .
2. Petrovsky, pp. 28 and 34
3. Petrovsky, p. 34