58%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage English Pronounced Pron. /ˈæl.və/ [key·simplify] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Variant of Alvah. A famous bearer of this name was the inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931). Related Names Same SpellingAlva 1User SubmissionsÁlvá, Älva PopularityDetails Last ranked #48 in 2021 Denmark Last ranked #55 in 2022 Germany (Berlin) Last ranked #80 in 2023 Norway Last ranked #15 in 2023 Sweden Last ranked #950 in 1961 (m) #977 in 1951 (f) United States People think this name isRate·Details classic mature formal upper class wholesome strong refined strange simple serious Categories currently out of the US top 1000, Fire Emblem characters, inventors, Macross characters, Pokemon characters, Stephen King characters, variants