Shalva
Shalva is a Georgian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:Shalva of Akhaltsikhe, Georgian military commander and courtier Shalva Aleksi-Meskhishvili (1884-1960), Georgian jurist and politician Shalva Amiranashvili (1899–1975), Georgian art historian Shalva Apkhazava (1980-2004), Georgian footballer Shalva Chikhladze (1912-1997), Georgian wrestler and Olympic medalist Shalva…
- Georgian
Meaning & Origin of Shalva
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shalva is a Georgian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:Shalva of Akhaltsikhe, Georgian military commander and courtier Shalva Aleksi-Meskhishvili (1884-1960), Georgian jurist and politician Shalva Amiranashvili (1899–1975), Georgian art historian Shalva Apkhazava (1980-2004), Georgian footballer Shalva Chikhladze (1912-1997), Georgian wrestler and Olympic medalist Shalva…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Georgian
The Story of Shalva
The earliest SSA record of Shalva as a baby girl name dates back to 2002, when 7 babies received it. 2016 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Shalva — #9,409 in the national rankings. About 45% of every Shalva on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Shalva last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 11 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 130 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Shalva
Shalva is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2002 and has accumulated 130 births in the dataset. Shalva's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #9,409. Use the chart and map above to compare Shalva'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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