Meaning 
The name Riva has the following meaning: A Hebrew name, meaning "to bind". A popular choice since the 1970s. In the Bible, Rebecca was the wife of Isaac, Abraham's son.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.
Popularity 
As a baby girl name, Riva is currently not a popular baby name in the USA. There are no available USA popularity statistics for the name Riva for the past 100 years. However, the following chart shows the popularity ranking for the name Rebecca, of which the name Riva is a variant.
Origins  Related names  The following names are baby names related to Riva and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Riva: Boys - Enos, Isaac, Jacob, Uriel, Girls - Carmel, Elta, Mozelle, Zella, Both genders - Anna, Ariel, Betty, Dagan, Dagen, Dalit
Variants 
The name Riva is a variant of Rebecca. Other popular variants of the name Rebecca are: Becca, Becka, Beckie, Becky (English), Bekka, Reba (English), Rebeca (Portuguese), Rebecka, Rebekah, Rebekkah, Riva, Rivah, Rivalee, Rivi, Rivkah, Rivy
Style 
We think the name Riva should fall under the following style category: Biblical. See other Biblical girl names
Impression 
Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Riva to be: Pretty and unpretentiousIn one word, you might describe Riva as a(n) " unpretentious" person. See other "unpretentious" names for girls.
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