Aviva (given name)

For other uses, see Aviva (disambiguation).

Aviva is a female first name. It is a modern Hebrew name which translates to 'spring' or 'springtime'.[1]

## Russian first name

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The name was borrowed into the Russian language as non-canonical[2] "Ави́ва" (Aviva).[3] Its masculine version is Aviv.[3] The diminutives of "Aviva" are Avivka (Ави́вка) and Viva (Ви́ва).[3]

## People with this name

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* Aviva (singer), part of duo Shuky & Aviva
* Aviva Armour-Ostroff, Canadian actress, writer and filmmaker
* Aviva Baumann (born 1984), American actress
* Aviva Burnstock (born 1959), British academic
* Aviva Cantor (born 1940), American journalist
* Aviva Chomsky (born 1957), American academic
* Aviva Dautch (born 1978), British poet, academic and curator
* Aviva Drescher, cast member who joined The Real Housewives of New York City in season 5
* Aviva Gileadi (1917–2001), Israeli nuclear scientist
* Aviva Kempner (born 1946), American filmmaker
* Aviva Rabinovich (1927–2007), professor of botany, chief scientist at the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, environmental activist
* Aviva Rahmani, American land artist
* Aviva Semadar (1935–2025), Israeli folklore and chanson singer
* Aviva Slesin, Lithuanian documentary filmmaker
* Aviva Uri (1922–1989), Israeli painter

## Fictional characters

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* Aviva Corcovado, one of the main characters in Wild Kratts, an American-Canadian children's animated series
* Aviva Masters, one of the main characters in the 2007 film Primeval

## See also

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* Aviv (name)

## References

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### Notes

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1. ^ "Morfix Dictionary | אביבה באנגלית | פירוש אביבה בעברית".
2. ^ Petrovsky, pp. 28 and 34
3. ^ a b c Petrovsky, p. 34

### Sources

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* Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-17-002940-3

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