Iva (given name) explained
Iva is a given name.
Feminine name
Iva is a feminine given name found mostly in Slavic countries, but also occasionally in English-speaking countries and elsewhere.
Notable people with the name include:
- Iva Marín Adrichem (1998), Dutch-Icelandic singer
- Iva Bigelow Weaver (1875-1932), American soprano singer, music educator
- Iva Bittová (born 1958), Czech avant-garde violinist, singer and composer
- Iva Borović (born 1988), Croatian basketball player
- Iva Budařová (born 1960), Czech tennis player
- Iva Bukač (born 1994), Croatian football player
- Iva Campbell Fallis (1883–1956), Canadian senator
- Iva Casuse Honwynum (born 1964), Native American artist, social activist, and cultural practitioner
- Iva Ciglar (born 1985), Croatian basketball player
- Iva Despić-Simonović (1891–1961), Yugoslav sculptor
- Iva Durham Vennard (1871–1945), American educator and religious figure
- Iva Frühlingová (born 1982), Czech singer and model
- Iva Grbas (born 1987), Croatian basketball player
- Iva Grijalva Pashova (born c. 1986), Bulgarian-Nicaraguan beauty pageant contestant and model
- Iva Hercíková (1935 - 2007), Czech author
- Iva Janžurová (born 1941), Czech actress
- Iva Jurišić (born 1994), Croatian volleyball player
- Iva Kitchell (1908–1983), American concert dancer, dance satirist and comedian
- Iva Landeka (born 1989), Croatian football player
- Iva Majoli (born 1977), Croatian tennis player
- Iva Mihanović (born 1978), German-Croatian operatic soprano and concert singer
- Iva Mabelle Miller (1880–1951), American physician, medical missionary
- Iva Mišak (born 1993), Croatian alpine skier
- Iva Miteva (born 1972), Bulgarian lawyer and politician
- Iva Mladenovska (born 2007), Macedonian handball player
- Iva Obradović (born 1984), Serbian rower
- Iva Pacetti (1898–1981), Italian operatic dramatic soprano
- Iva Pekárková (born 1963), Czech author
- Iva Perovanović (born 1983), Montenegrin basketball player
- Iva Prandzheva (born 1972), Bulgarian athlete jumper
- Iva Prčić (born 1987), Serbian basketball player
- Iva J. Rider, the English name of Atalie Unkalunt (1895–1954), a Cherokee singer, interior designer, activist, and writer
- Iva Ritschelová (1964–2017), Czech economist
- Iva Radoš (born 1995), Croatian taekwondo practitioner
- Iva Roglić (born 1988), Serbian basketball player
- Iva Serdar (born 1982), Croatian basketball player
- Iva Shepard (1886–1973), American silent film actress
- Iva Shkodreva-Karagiozova (born 1971), Bulgarian biathlete
- Iva Sidash (born 1995), Ukrainian photographer
- Iva Slišković (born 1984), Croatian basketball player
- Iva Slonjšak (born 1997), Croatian basketball player
- Iva Snyder, fictional character on the daytime soap opera As the World Turns
- Iva Stewart (1914–1985), American model and film actress
- Iva Tepeshanova (born 1983), Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
- Iva Todorić (born 1993), Croatian basketball player
- Iva Toguri (1916–2006), Japanese-American disc jockey and radio personality
- Iva Tolić (born 1974), Croatian biophysicist
- Iva Videnova (born 1987), Bulgarian chess player
- Iva Withers (1917–2014), Canadian-born American actress and singer
- Iva Yeo (born 1939), Canadian politician
- Iva Zanicchi (born 1940), Italian pop singer and politician
Masculine name
Iva is also a masculine name, found in Australia and New Zealand, as well as in Georgia. Notable people with the name include:
