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Liv

Pronounced /lɪv/

Rank in 2024
#873
Born in 2024
308
Peak year
2017 · #672
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 308 girls were named Liv, about 1 in every 5,238.
  • It peaked in 2017 with 437 babies, ranked #672.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1956.
  • 6,603 girls have been named Liv since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Liv per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 10 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 146 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 105 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,632 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,710 babies, 0.23 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

==== Proper noun ==== Liv A diminutive of the female given names Olive and Olivia.

  • A diminutive of the female given names Olive and Olivia.
  • A female given name. From Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish, from Old Norse "hlíf," meaning "defense, protection; byrnie, shield" Influenced by the modern Scandinavian word "liv" meaning "life."
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/lɪv/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Liv, CC BY-SA 4.0.