Iva (given name)

Iva is a given name.

Feminine name
Iva is a feminine given name found mostly in Slavic countries, but also occasionally in English-speaking countries and elsewhere.

Notable people with the name include:


 * Iva Marín Adrichem (1998), Dutch-Icelandic singer
 * Iva Bigelow Weaver (1875-1932), American soprano singer, music educator
 * Iva Bittová (born 1958), Czech avant-garde violinist, singer and composer
 * Iva Borović (born 1988), Croatian basketball player
 * Iva Budařová (born 1960), Czech tennis player
 * Iva Bukač (born 1994), Croatian football player
 * Iva Campbell Fallis (1883–1956), Canadian senator
 * Iva Casuse Honwynum (born 1964), Native American artist, social activist, and cultural practitioner
 * Iva Ciglar (born 1985), Croatian basketball player
 * Iva Despić-Simonović (1891–1961), Yugoslav sculptor
 * Iva Durham Vennard (1871–1945), American educator and religious figure
 * Iva Frühlingová (born 1982), Czech singer and model
 * Iva Grbas (born 1987), Croatian basketball player
 * Iva Grijalva Pashova (born c. 1986), Bulgarian-Nicaraguan beauty pageant contestant and model
 * Iva Hercíková (1935 - 2007), Czech author
 * Iva Janžurová (born 1941), Czech actress
 * Iva Jurišić (born 1994), Croatian volleyball player
 * Iva Kitchell (1908–1983), American concert dancer, dance satirist and comedian
 * Iva Landeka (born 1989), Croatian football player
 * Iva Majoli (born 1977), Croatian tennis player
 * Iva Mihanović (born 1978), German-Croatian operatic soprano and concert singer
 * Iva Mabelle Miller (1880–1951), American physician, medical missionary
 * Iva Mišak (born 1993), Croatian alpine skier
 * Iva Miteva (born 1972), Bulgarian lawyer and politician
 * Iva Mladenovska (born 2007), Macedonian handball player
 * Iva Obradović (born 1984), Serbian rower
 * Iva Pacetti (1898–1981), Italian operatic dramatic soprano
 * Iva Pekárková (born 1963), Czech author
 * Iva Perovanović (born 1983), Montenegrin basketball player
 * Iva Prandzheva (born 1972), Bulgarian athlete jumper
 * Iva Prčić (born 1987), Serbian basketball player
 * Iva J. Rider, the English name of Atalie Unkalunt (1895–1954), a Cherokee singer, interior designer, activist, and writer
 * Iva Ritschelová (1964–2017), Czech economist
 * Iva Radoš (born 1995), Croatian taekwondo practitioner
 * Iva Roglić (born 1988), Serbian basketball player
 * Iva Serdar (born 1982), Croatian basketball player
 * Iva Shepard (1886–1973), American silent film actress
 * Iva Shkodreva-Karagiozova (born 1971), Bulgarian biathlete
 * Iva Sidash (born 1995), Ukrainian photographer
 * Iva Slišković (born 1984), Croatian basketball player
 * Iva Slonjšak (born 1997), Croatian basketball player
 * Iva Snyder, fictional character on the daytime soap opera As the World Turns
 * Iva Stewart (1914–1985), American model and film actress
 * Iva Tepeshanova (born 1983), Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
 * Iva Todorić (born 1993), Croatian basketball player
 * Iva Toguri (1916–2006), Japanese-American disc jockey and radio personality
 * Iva Tolić (born 1974), Croatian biophysicist
 * Iva Videnova (born 1987), Bulgarian chess player
 * Iva Withers (1917–2014), Canadian-born American actress and singer
 * Iva Yeo (born 1939), Canadian politician
 * Iva Zanicchi (born 1940), Italian pop singer and politician

Masculine name
Iva is also a masculine name, found in Australia and New Zealand, as well as in Georgia. Notable people with the name include:


 * Iva Davies (born 1955), Australian musician, leader of the band Icehouse
 * Iva Gelashvili (born 2001), Georgian football player
 * Iva Pezuashvili (born 1990), Georgian writer
 * Iva Ropati (born 1968), New Zealand rugby league footballer