Cova
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KOH-va
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
New arrival
Cova is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “cave”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Cova mean?
Spanish: short form of Covadonga
“cave”
Short for Covadonga, after the Asturian cave shrine of Our Lady of Covadonga, near the site of an 8th-century battle.
Is Cova a girl's or a boy's name?
Cova is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cova in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Cova, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Cova in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
Names like Cova
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Caoimhe Cliodhna Caragh Cora Lola Clara Orla Cara Aoibheann Eira Cassidy
More Spanish names
Santiago Xavier Amaya Alaia Diego Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Ximena Javier Esmeralda Amayah Reina Cesar Sierra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cova: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cova, updated 20 October 2026.