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Alva is a given name. It is used in Sweden and Norway as a feminine form of the name Alf, meaning "elf." 〔http://www.behindthename.com/name/alva-1〕 It is also a spelling variant of the Biblical masculine name Alvah, meaning "his highness."〔http://www.behindthename.com/name/alvah〕 Alva is a currently popular name in Sweden, where it was ranked among the ten most popular names given to newborn girls in 2012.〔http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____347442.aspx〕 Notable people with the name include: *Alva Adams (governor) (1850–1922), Governor of Colorado *Alva B. Adams (1875–1941), U.S. Senator from Colorado, son of the governor *Alva Baptiste, Saint Lucian politician *Alva Belmont (1853–1933), American socialite and suffragette *Alva Bradley (1884–1953), American businessman and baseball executive *Alva Colquhoun (born 1942), Australian swimmer *Alva Duer (1904–1987), American college basketball coach *Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931), American inventor and businessman *Alva Clark Forney (1871–1956), Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota (1925–1927) *Alva L. Hager (1850–1923), three-term U.S. Representative from Iowa *Alva Johnston (1888–1950), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author and biographer *Alva Kelley (1918–1999), American collegiate football player and coach *Alva Liles (1956-1998), American football player *Alva M. Lumpkin (1886–1941), U.S. Senator from South Carolina for less than a month *Alva Myrdal (1902–1986), Swedish Nobel Peace Prize winner *Alva Ross (died 2004), Jamaican politician *Alva Wong (born 1982), Canadian coach ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alva (given name)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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