Arve
The Arve is a river in France, and Switzerland. A left tributary of the Rhône, it is 108 km (67 mi) long, of which 9 km in Switzerland. Its catchment area is 1,976 km2 (763 sq mi), of which 80 km2 in Switzerland. Its average discharge in Geneva is 79 m3/s (2,800 cu ft/s).
- Norwegian
Meaning & Origin of Arve
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The Arve is a river in France, and Switzerland. A left tributary of the Rhône, it is 108 km (67 mi) long, of which 9 km in Switzerland. Its catchment area is 1,976 km2 (763 sq mi), of which 80 km2 in Switzerland. Its average discharge in Geneva is 79 m3/s (2,800 cu ft/s).
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Norwegian
The Story of Arve
Arve first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1925, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1925: 5 births, good for #4,197 nationwide. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1928 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 10 Arves have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1920s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Arve
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About the name Arve
Arve is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1925 and has accumulated 10 births in the dataset. Arve's peak popularity came in 1925 when it ranked #4,197. Use the chart and map above to compare Arve's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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