Tava
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Tava is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in India.
- INIndia
- USUnited States
- MYMalaysia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
1° tiganj, prosulja, prsura, padēla, šerpenja, šerpinja, tendžera; 2° duguljasta posuda u kojoj se peku janjci i bravi u pekari; 3° jelo pripravljeno u tavi
Sources 2
- Digital Pāḷi Dictionary
- Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Tava is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In men, shrivelled, tough, emaciated. Numui ke tava
as a wordVocabulary of the Mende Language
In pi, genitive/dative singular of tvaṃ (“you”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In tao, fat, grease
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Tongan, kind of tree bearing fruit with a large stone surrounded by jelly-like flesh
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Hungarian, third-person singular single-possession possessive of tó
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ivv, fat (organic substance); fatness; fatty portion of meat
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Artur Tavab. 1910EEEstonian doctor (1910-1988)
- Vernon Tavab. 1977NZNew Zealand politician
- Francesco Tavab. 1984Italian philosopher
- Alessandra Tavab. 1991ITItalian basketball player (born 1991)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 474 | #20,632 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 25 | #20,632 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2000 | 18 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2007 | 17 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1980 | 17 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1981 | 16 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1978 | 14 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2002 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2001 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1974 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1970 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2006 | 12 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Tava a male or female name?
- Tava is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Tava have the most bearers?
- Tava is most frequently recorded in India.
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About this data
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tava”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.