Sunniva
Girl · SOO-ni-va · Old English
Sunniva is a girls' name of Old English origin, meaning “sun gift”. In 2025 it ranked 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Sunniva mean?
Old English: Norse form of Old English Sunngifu
“sun gift”
Saint Sunniva, a legendary Irish princess who fled to the Norwegian island of Selja, is patron saint of Bergen.
- Say it
- SOO-ni-va
Is Sunniva a girl's or a boy's name?
Sunniva is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sunniva in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,098among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 223% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Sunniva, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Sunniva in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sunniva in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,562 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
Names like Sunniva
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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