Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Feminine Usage English (Rare) Pronounced Pron. REE-vah [key] Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 1/20/2011 by tafflemark Edited 3/3/2015 by Callirrhoe Meaning & History Possibly an Anglicized spelling of RIVA. This name was borne by South African model Reeva Steenkamp (1983-2013), who was shot dead by her boyfriend Oscar Pistorius.