Entry № 7279 · Hebrew origin

Nava Nava — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NAH-vah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Beautiful, pleasant"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "beautiful, pleasant".

Nava (נָאוָה) is the Hebrew word for "beautiful" or "pleasant" — appearing in the Song of Solomon (Song of Songs).

Nava is widely used in modern Israel. In the U.S. it remains in the Jewish diaspora.

Beautiful. The Hebrew of the Song of Songs.

The name in its native script.

נָאוָה
Transliteration
Nāvāh
Pronunciation
/ ˈnɑː.və /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nava stands.

Nava 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.

Navas before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Nava.

The number behind Nava.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nava reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.