Kiva (name) explained

Kiva is a name. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Kiva Maidanik (1929–2006), Soviet historian and political scientist
• Kiva Reardon, Canadian film programmer, writer, editor, and commentator
• Kiva Simova, Canadian musician

Middle name

• Charles Kiva Krieger (1914–1972), interim mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
• Lloyd Kiva New (1916–2002), Cherokee fashion designer

Surname

• Andriy Kiva (born 1989), former Ukrainian footballer
• Iya Kiva (born 1984), Ukrainian poet, translator, journalist, critic

Fictional characters

• Kiva, a human Lucian Alliance commander in the television series Stargate Universe
• Kiva, a character in the animated television series Megas XLR

See also

• • Caoimhe, an Irish given name, anglicised Kiva
• Kiva (disambiguation)