Meva
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- meh-VAH
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Meva is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “shelter, abode”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Meva mean?
Arabic: Turkish form of Arabic mawa 'refuge'
“shelter, abode”
Is Meva a girl's or a boy's name?
Meva 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 Meva in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Meva, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 12 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Meva in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
Names like Meva
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maeva Dua Rosa Hana Cora Margot Nova Nora Flora Croia Alora Mila
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Meva: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meva, updated 20 October 2026.