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Kieva

Gender
Girl
Say it
KEE-vuh
Origin
Irish

Kieva is a girls' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Kieva come from?

Irish: possibly a variant of Keeva, an Anglicised form of Caoimhe

Is Kieva a girl's or a boy's name?

Kieva is a girls' name.

How popular is Kieva in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 5 girls.

1997Busiest: 5 in 20162023
Kieva in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20232#7,489
20220–
20214#4,864
20201#7,326
20191#7,346
20181#7,536
20171#7,682
20165#4,290
20151#7,629
20141#7,592
20130–
20122#7,797
20111#7,717
20101#7,520
20092#7,309
20080–
20072#6,929
20061#6,685
20050–
20043#4,789
20030–
20023#4,284
20010–
20000–
19990–
19981#5,152
19971#5,110

Names like Kieva

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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, “Kieva: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kieva, updated 20 October 2026.