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Alva

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Alva ♀ Anglicized form of the traditional Irish name Ailbhe, which is derived from Old Irish albho ‘white’. In medieval times this was also a boy's name, but it has been revived mainly as a girl's name. It is popularly taken as a feminine equivalent of Alvin. In the 19th century it was occasionally conferred as a boy's name, a variant spelling of the biblical name Alvah, meaning ‘height’, which was borne by one of the leaders of Edom.

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Alva

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Alva Clac. Alweth 1489. ‘Rocky plain’.

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