Nancy’s Baby Names was launched on March 6, 2006. So today is the blog’s birthday.
In fact, it’s the blog’s sweet sixteen!
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How popular is the baby name Ziva in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Find out using the graph below! Plus, check out all the blog posts that mention the name Ziva.
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Nancy’s Baby Names was launched on March 6, 2006. So today is the blog’s birthday.
In fact, it’s the blog’s sweet sixteen!
Happy birthday, NBN. :)
Image by diapicard from Pixabay
Are you a baby name minimalist?
If so, here’s a long list of baby names that fall somewhere between short/simple and modern/stylish.
All 111 of these names have made gains recently — Hank and Linus included!
For details on usage, click through to see the popularity graphs.
What are your thoughts on minimalist-style baby names? Will you be using one? (Have you used one already?)
The exotic name Ziva first showed up in the U.S. baby name data during the 1960s:
What was the influence?
Israeli-born actress Ziva Rodann, who appeared in movies and on TV from the mid-1950s to the late 1960s.
Her movies included the The Story of Ruth* (1960) and The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960) with Mickey Rooney. In terms of television, she could be seen on episodes of shows like Bonanza, Have Gun – Will Travel, and Batman (on which she twice played the role of Nefertiti).
Her first name is a feminine form of the Hebrew name Ziv, which means “bright, radiant.”
The name dropped out of the data after that initial run, but returned in 2005 — the year the popular TV series NCIS introduced an Israeli character named Ziva David (played by Chilean actress Cote de Pablo†). Usage of the name increased quite a bit starting in 2009 — the year Ziva David was held captive in Somalia.
What are your thoughts on the baby name Ziva?
Sources: Ziva Rodann – IMDb, Ziv – Behind the Name
*The star of the movie was fellow Israeli actress Elana Eden, and the baby name Elana correspondingly saw an uptick in usage in 1960.
†Cote/Coté is a common Chilean nickname for María José.