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in reply to a message by Lily8
It doesn't really need to be "rediscovered." It's a very popular Hebrew name. I think I heard it was topping the charts in Israel. I know a girl with this name spelled Avivah. Beautiful, but sorry it's not as unique as you may think. I somehow doubt it's going to top the charts in America though. It's a little too foreign sounding for that I think. It may gain some signifigant amount of popularity, but I don't see it as being anything you'll have to worry about. I haven't seen any signs of it in BAs yet.
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I don't live in Israel either. I've just always considered Aviva to be a fairly common Hebrew name and I remember seeing somewhere that it was quite popular in Israel in the moment, but I don't have a chart unfortunately. I do remember hearing that Noa was number one.
Here's one article I found about the name popularities, although they don't mention Aviva. Maybe it's not topping charts at the moment like I thought. http://most-popular.net/israeli-baby-names
I'm sorry if my comment came off a bit rude. I live in a predominently Jewish area although I'm not Jewish myself and I freqently meet people with Hebrew names. So it just seems odd to me when people are surprised to see these names in use. America is home to a considerably large Jewish population. Maybe that's not the case where you live, but to me the thought that it would be "rediscovered" was just odd. Like worrying that the name Catalina would be rediscovered when it's simply a very common Spanish name. But I do recognize that these names can become very popular among people who aren't apart of that culture.
Here's one article I found about the name popularities, although they don't mention Aviva. Maybe it's not topping charts at the moment like I thought. http://most-popular.net/israeli-baby-names
I'm sorry if my comment came off a bit rude. I live in a predominently Jewish area although I'm not Jewish myself and I freqently meet people with Hebrew names. So it just seems odd to me when people are surprised to see these names in use. America is home to a considerably large Jewish population. Maybe that's not the case where you live, but to me the thought that it would be "rediscovered" was just odd. Like worrying that the name Catalina would be rediscovered when it's simply a very common Spanish name. But I do recognize that these names can become very popular among people who aren't apart of that culture.
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