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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, Alviva (nom) ibid. p. 182, Elveva (nom) ibid. p. 170, Elviva (nom) ibid. p. 188; 1222 Alueua (nom) StPaulDom p. 45, Alueue (gen) ibid. p. 41, Alveva (nom) ibid. p. 45
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Alviva". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Alviva.