Kiva

Hebrew, variant of Akiva

"protect"

Kiva Origin and Meaning

The name Kiva is a girl's name meaning "protect".

The spiritual sounding Kiva has a number of other-worldly associations. Kiva is a "Stargate" character who becomes a commander in the Lucian Alliance, as well as a planet in "Star Wars." Kiva is also the name of a room used by the Hopi for spiritual ceremonies.

20 Names Similar to Kiva

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Kiva.

• Andra
• Akiva
• Kacia
• Allaire
• Adine
• Abital
• Armina
• Oonah
• Adrina
• Afra
• Adamina
• Alette
• Minna
• Air
• Adria
• Akilah
• Abijah
• Aanisah
• Alexina
• Adara

Kiva in Pop Culture

• This is also used as a variation of Keeva (Caoimhe).
• Kiva means "nice" in Finnish.
• A kiva is a chamber built wholly or partly underground, used by male Pueblo Indians for religious rites.
• Kiva Microfunds a non,profit organization that allows people to lend money via the Internet to low,income entrepreneurs and students in over 80 countries, “to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty”