Lavina

Origin: Variant of Lavinia · Uncertain meaning (Latin); name of Aeneas's wife in Roman mythology (from Latin (linked to town Lavinium))

Girl's name · #2978 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Lavina holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#2978 in 2025). About 6,800 girls have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

In recent years, Lavina ran about 9× its national rate in Pennsylvania.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Lavinas

Lavina Tandon — Indian actress
Lavina Washines — American politician
Lavina Fielding Anderson — Latter Day Saint scholar, writer, editor, and feminist
Lavina Martins — Kenyan badminton player (born 1993)
Lavina S. Goodwin — American author and educator (1833–1911)

In stories & tradition

Lavina — L'oca del Cairo (Italian opera)

Similar names: Lavinia · Eulalia · Laina · Sabina · Louella · Ina

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