Khava
Poland's Ewa and this name grow from one Hebrew root: Chava, the first woman in Genesis, whose name means life. The `kh` at the front is the Chechen and Ingush spelling, and most Poles have never met a Khava.
Khava Pronunciation
What Khava means
Where Khava comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Khava comes from the Hebrew Chava (חַוָּה), the name Genesis gives to the first woman. In that story her name marks her as the source of human life, and the meaning that stayed attached to it is plain: life, or życie in Polish. Hebrew links the name to a root for living.
Poles already know a close cousin of this name. Ewa is the Polish form of the same Hebrew source, and Khava stands beside it. The `kh` at the front comes from the way Russian, Ukrainian, and Chechen render the Hebrew ḥet, which is how Chava turned into Khava further east. Behind the Name records Khava as the Chechen and Ingush form of Eve.
On a Polish class register, Khava reads as a name from far to the east with a very old root. That root means life. A child called Khava carries, in five letters, the name of the first woman in Genesis.
How many people are named Khava
1 in 140024 women in Poland is named Khava. 161 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2546 among female names.
Khava's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.