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

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
Adva
Common Israeli name.
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.