Girl name Norwegian origin Christian tradition

Liv

LEEV · 3 letters · 1 syllables
What it means
life;protection
Language
Norwegian
Culture
Old Norse
Religion
Christian
Style era
modern
Themes
classic · Norwegian
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#874
2024 births308
Peak year2017
First appeared1956
Total US births6,603
2017 peak19561973199020072024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Liva
Alternate spellings
Liv
In other languages
Liv (Swedish)Live (Norwegian)

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Notable people named Liv

Liv Ullmann (actress)
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