Shem Tov UnisexOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: rare
ShalvaIn Hebrew: שלווה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
Shalva (Hebrew: שלווה) is a unisex name of Hebrew origin. 213 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1955, with 6 babies.
- People in Israel
- 213
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1955
- 6 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Shalva
In Hebrew letters the name is שלווה, read right to left. Shalva is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.
We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.
Shalva by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Shalva
How do you write Shalva in Hebrew?
Shalva is written שלווה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.
How many people in Israel are named Shalva?
213 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name שלווה: 106 women and 107 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Shalva a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 50% of the people named שלווה are women and 50% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.