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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Alviva f. Old English ælf 'elf' + Old English gifu 'gift'.

The name of three 10th C queens consort of England and an 11th C queen regent of Norway.

England
Latin
1189 Alveva (nom) GASurv p. 144, Alveve (gen) ibid. p. 135
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Alviva". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Alviva.