Names Ending in V for Girls

Girl names ending in V are few and far between, but there are some nice choices.

Liv is the most popular girl name ending with V right now, and is the only girl name in the US Top 1000.

Here are all Nameberry’s girl names that end with the letter V. The top names below rank among the current US Top 1000 Baby Names and are ordered by popularity. Unique names rank below the Top 1000 and are listed alphabetically.
  1. Liv
    • Origin:

      Norse
    • Meaning:

      "life"
    • Description:

      The fame of actress and Aerosmith daughter Liv Tyler helped to infuse life into this short but solid Scandinavian name that was chosen for her daughter by Julianne Moore.
  2. Miv
    • Origin:

      Diminutive of Myfanwy, Welsh
    • Meaning:

      "my precious little one"
    • Description:

      If Liv can stand on it's own, why not Miv?
  3. Shiv
    • Origin:

      Nickname name
    • Description:

      Simple short form Shiv can be used as a nickname for names from a variety of cultures, from the Irish Siobhan to the Hindi Shivani.
  4. Viv
    • Siv
      • Origin:

        Norse
      • Meaning:

        "bride"
      • Description:

        Siv, or sometimes Sif, was the name of Thor's wife and is popular in modern Scandinavia. In Norse mythology, Siv was the goddess of fertility and agriculture.
    • Niv
      • Enav
        • Origin:

          Hebrew
        • Meaning:

          "grape"
        • Description:

          Enav hits all the style notes of modern names, as a short, gender-neutral name with a strong V. The cute fruit meaning adds to its charms.
      • Nev
        • Rev
          • Description:

            A mini name that could be short for names such as Reverie, Revel, or Revon.
        • Tatev
          • Origin:

            Armenian, meaning unknown
          • Description:

            Tatev is a common girl name in Armenia, where it is used in reference to the Tatev Monastery. Tradition claims that the monastery was named after a disciple of St. Thaddeus the Apostle, Eustateus, from which Tatev evolved. If this is true, that would give Tatev the meaning "stable".
        • Bev
          • Aviv
            • Zaliv
              • Luv
                • Lyoubov
                  • Origin:

                    Russian
                  • Meaning:

                    "love"
                  • Description:

                    A French spelling of a Russian word, recorded on at least one baby in France.
                • Lyubov
                  • Origin:

                    Russian
                  • Meaning:

                    "love"
                • Lubov
                  • Origin:

                    Russian
                  • Meaning:

                    "love"
                  • Description:

                    Variation of Lyubov.
                • Stav
                  • Origin:

                    Hebrew
                  • Meaning:

                    "autumn"
                  • Description:

                    A unisex season name that's rare in the US: it hasn't been in the charts for boys or girls since the early 2000s.
                • Ljubov