Behind the Name: Comments for the name Živa

Comments for ŽIVA:

Živa means "alive" in Slovene.

-- only.me 10/1/2007

Pronounced "zhi:vah".

-- Karcoolka 1/28/2008

The word "živa" means "alive" in almost all Slavic languages and Živa in old Slavic myths was the goddess of life and wife of sun god Dažbog. [noted -ed]

-- Ninuska 2/3/2009

A Serbian name as well.

-- mssdm 6/8/2009

Živa is also the name of the element mercury in Croatian, Serbian and Macedonian. In Slovene itself mercury is "živo srebro", lit. living silver (cf. English quicksilver).

-- goricar 10/25/2010

It does not mean life, living, but "alive" - life is "življenje", "alive" is živ (masculine) and živa (feminine).

-- katarina ana 2/1/2011

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