Entry № 177 · Hebrew origin

Adva Adva — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AHD-vah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Gentle wave, ripple"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Hebrew)

A name that means "gentle wave, ripple".

Adva (אַדְוָה) is the Hebrew word for "gentle wave" or "ripple" — the small wave on water. A modern Israeli feminine name.

Used widely in modern Israel.

Gentle wave. The Hebrew ripple.

The name in its native script.

אַדְוָה
Transliteration
ʾAḏwāh
Pronunciation
/ ˈɑːd.və /
Root
—
Grammatical form
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Where Adva stands.

Adva does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Advas before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Adva
Common in Israeli fiction.

Names connected to Adva.

The number behind Adva.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Adva reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.