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Alvah - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Alvah

[ 2 syll. al-vah, alv-ah ] The boy name Alvah is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is aeLVAA KEY. Alvah is an English and Hebrew name of Hebrew origin. Alvah is a variant of the name Alva (English).

Alvah is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1902 with 0.009% of baby boys being given the name Alvah. Its ranking then was #653. The baby name has since fallen in popularity, and is currently of very light use. Among all boy names in its group, Alvah was nonetheless the most frequently used in 2008. Alvah has in the past century been predominantly given to boys.

Baby names that sound like Alvah include Albie (English), Alby (Irish and English), Alfie (English and Spanish), Alfo (Spanish), Alfy (English), Alva (English), Alvie (English), Alvy (English), Olafur (Scandinavian), Olov (Scandinavian), Oluf (Scandinavian), Ahlf (German), Alf (English), Alfio (Italian), Ulf (German and Scandinavian), and Ulv (Scandinavian).

KEY: Pronunciation for Alvah: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"


 
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