Jiva
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JEE-va
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- Style
- New arrival
Jiva is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “life, soul”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Jiva mean?
Sanskrit: from jiva 'living being'
“life, soul”
In Indian philosophy the jiva is the individual living soul.
Is Jiva a girl's or a boy's name?
Jiva is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jiva in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Jiva, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Jiva in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
Names like Jiva
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Viha, Krisha, Kridha, Prisha, Divisha, Priya, Navya, Dhyana, Nishtha, Akshara, Dhanvi, Krishvi
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
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, “Jiva: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jiva, updated 20 October 2026.