Ylva

Ylva may look like it belongs with the Eva family of names, but it actually derives from Ulf, a name meaning "wolf." It's not a very intuitive name to English-speakers, and likely won't get picked up in the US anytime soon. At last count, it was only given to five American baby girls.

Pronounced ILL-vuh.

As of October 2026, Ylva ranked #15163 in US births in 2024 SSA, peaked at #14057 in 2017.