What does riva/reva mean?

amother

Sun, May 30 2021, 3:19 pm

Finally a name my husband and I semi agree on but we don’t know what it means 🙈

tigerwife

Sun, May 30 2021, 3:24 pm

I believe it’s actually a nickname for Rivka, but may have transformed into its own name through the years.

Java

Sun, May 30 2021, 3:25 pm

Its from tehillim
Sfateini Elokim v'rivah rivi migoy lo chasid, me'ish mirmah v'avlah t'falteni

amother

Mustard

Sun, May 30 2021, 3:51 pm

I also thought that it originally came from Rivka. Nowadays some rabbis hold it's a separate name, while others think it's interchangeable with Rivka.

amother

Lavender

Sun, May 30 2021, 3:56 pm

Great, if u agree on it- give the name Rivka which is nice because it’s one on the imahos so that’s always a classic and call her Riva

Rappel

Sun, May 30 2021, 4:04 pm

I thought it meant overflowing, like כוסי רוויה

zaq

Sun, May 30 2021, 4:07 pm

It's a variation of Rivka.

Hashem_Yaazor

Sun, May 30 2021, 4:40 pm

It's Aramaic for a girl. Not the same name as Rivka.
I can think of several families that have mothers/daughters or 2 sisters with both names.

Crookshanks

Sun, May 30 2021, 5:17 pm

It's such a pretty name.

amother

Denim

Sun, May 30 2021, 5:36 pm

tigerwife wrote:

I believe it’s actually a nickname for Rivka, but may have transformed into its own name through the years.

Hate to tell you but it actually means fight and I know someone that rethought that one.

amother

Blue

Sun, May 30 2021, 5:54 pm

amother [ Denim ] wrote:

Hate to tell you but it actually means fight and I know someone that rethought that one.

Doesn’t it mean simply young girl, in the Lashon of the Gemara?

amother

Blue

Sun, May 30 2021, 5:55 pm

Oh I see someone posted that upthread already.

Crookshanks

Sun, May 30 2021, 5:55 pm

amother [ Blue ] wrote:

Doesn’t it mean simply young girl, in the Lashon of the Gemara?

2 different languages. One Aramaic, one Lashon Hakodesh.

amother

Lilac

Sun, May 30 2021, 5:58 pm

It is a derivative of Rivka. It’s a name in my family and my parents researched it. It does not mean to fight. Rabbis who are experts in gittin are knowledgeable in the origins of names if you want to do your own research.

tigerwife

Sun, May 30 2021, 6:08 pm

amother [ Denim ] wrote:

Hate to tell you but it actually means fight and I know someone that rethought that one.

I actually do know a woman named Rivka who was widely called Riva as her nickname.

amother

Mustard

Sun, May 30 2021, 6:23 pm

tigerwife wrote:

I actually do know a woman named Rivka who was widely called Riva as her nickname.

Same with my niece, plus she was named after Riva

amother

Sun, May 30 2021, 6:40 pm

Thanks everyone!

amother

Linen

Sun, May 30 2021, 8:57 pm

amother [ Denim ] wrote:

Hate to tell you but it actually means fight and I know someone that rethought that one.

No it doesnt. That is what the word in tehillim means, which is a different word.
The name Reva is a derivative of Rivka, my husband looked into it extensively before we named our daughter Reva

amother

Linen

Sun, May 30 2021, 8:59 pm

cutestbaby wrote:

Its from tehillim
Sfateini Elokim v'rivah rivi migoy lo chasid, me'ish mirmah v'avlah t'falteni

Nope, that is not the origin of the name Reva. Different meaning

amother

Chartreuse

Sun, May 30 2021, 9:00 pm

amother [ Denim ] wrote:

Hate to tell you but it actually means fight and I know someone that rethought that one.

Reminds me when we found out that Yakira means "difficult" Sad

(as well as "gift")