Alves Forename

36,149th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 21,246 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Mozambique
Highest density in:
Mozambique

Alves Forename User-submission:

(Portuguese) The name Alves means 'the elf warrior's son'. It is a diminutive from the name Álvares, meaning 'Álvares' son'. The name Álvares means 'noble warrior', 'elf army' or 'protective genius', and could also be a derivative of the first name Álvaro.

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Alves Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mozambique-10,0801:2,703595
Angola
66%
 
8,3681:3,223562
Brazil
69%
 
5841:366,84313,345
Togo-4941:14,6541,924
Portugal-4891:21,2901,003
DR Congo
100%
1781:414,76215,288
Venezuela
75%
 
1701:177,6586,745
United States
100%
1471:2,466,23838,420
Italy
 
51%
1301:469,7085,122
Malawi
100%
851:201,3218,458
Jamaica-651:44,3572,624
Philippines
93%
 
541:1,963,13843,961
France
70%
 
491:1,356,5389,323
Nigeria
89%
 
461:3,860,09562,963
England
70%
 
351:1,588,65522,138
South Africa
94%
 
281:1,947,59558,611
Canada-211:1,577,78025,926
India
100%
181:67,493,2211,054,154
Germany
71%
 
161:6,042,36723,110
Peru
100%
131:2,445,49623,318
Switzerland
75%
 
121:684,4589,518
Congo
100%
121:417,4347,854
Indonesia-111:23,451,243565,442
Australia-111:1,241,60213,569
Colombia
100%
101:4,777,89327,360
Zambia-91:1,761,64419,373
Aruba-81:12,9721,901
Zimbabwe
100%
61:2,570,63664,965
Liberia
100%
61:735,34418,173
Malaysia
100%
61:5,074,990119,899
Cape Verde-61:88,1923,143
Mexico
100%
51:24,828,88553,479
Benin-51:2,115,16940,564
Belgium
69%
 
51:2,298,00820,299
Kenya-51:9,261,42235,582
Haiti-41:2,681,73823,796
Turkey
100%
41:19,450,42745,600
São Tomé and Príncipe
100%
31:63,9993,481
Luxembourg
 
67%
31:188,0163,003
Albania
100%
31:1,015,52326,928
Ivory Coast
67%
 
31:7,691,97882,363
Russia-21:72,116,852125,484
Vietnam-21:46,311,5567,272
Austria
50%
 
21:4,257,10013,469
Uganda
100%
21:20,478,46091,660
Netherlands
58%
 
21:8,451,04232,813
Finland
50%
 
21:2,741,59219,235
Greece
100%
21:5,467,27417,678
Belarus-11:9,482,38420,892
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Qatar
100%
11:2,369,60559,530
United Arab Emirates-11:7,151,99394,323
Argentina
100%
11:42,773,24343,333
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
French Polynesia-11:277,9023,605
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208
Guinea-Bissau-11:1,728,218422
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Hungary
100%
11:9,791,7716,528
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Kosovo-11:1,861,44022,170

The alternate forms: Álves (1) are calculated separately.

Alves (5,178,023) may also be a surname.

Alves Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

(Portuguese) The name Alves means 'the elf warrior's son'. It is a diminutive from the name Álvares, meaning 'Álvares' son'. The name Álvares means 'noble warrior', 'elf army' or 'protective genius', and could also be a derivative of the first name Álvaro.

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Alves Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Álves931/
Alvies9133/
Galves9133/
Alveus9131/
Alvesh9130/
Alvest9120/
Alveis9112/
Alvees917/
Alveys916/
Ailves914/
Aelves913/
Allves913/
Halves912/
Aalves911/
Alvess911/
Alveds911/
Alve891,251/
Alveesh8313/
Halvees831/
Halveys831/
Galveys831/
Alvesrr831/
Alvesse831/
Alviesh831/
Alvease831/
Aileves831/
Galvess831/
Elves8012,416/
Alvis8011,374/
Alvie806,373/
Alvee801,905/
Alver801,902/
Albes80379/
Alvey80311/
Alvys80119/
Alvez8078/
Galve8050/
Alvet8045/
Halve8042/
Alvea8034/
Alvei8024/
Olves8020/
Alvex8017/
Alveu8013/
Alwes8012/
Alved8011/
Alues8011/
Alvec806/
Ailve804/
Alvej804/
Alveh803/
Alvís801/
Allve801/
D'allves771/
Alvise732,147/
Elvies73461/
Alvish73424/
Galvis73384/
Galvez73284/
Elveus73262/
Helves73219/
Halver7388/
Alvice7385/
Albeis7341/
Albest7339/
Albesh7336/
Alveer7328/
Halvis7328/
Ailvis7323/
Alviss7318/
Albeus7318/
Halvey7317/
Elveis7316/
Albies7315/
Aileve7314/
Elvees7314/
Halvet7314/
Alvais7314/
Alvett7313/
Albees7312/
Alvhis7312/
Ellves7310/
Albesë7310/
Alvher7310/
Alwees7310/
Halvie7310/
Halbes739/
Alwies739/
Albeys738/
Albets737/
Alveed737/
Aulvie737/
Galbes736/
Albese736/
Alveey736/
Alvehy735/
Galvys735/
Alvist735/
Albess734/
Aalvis734/
Alvieh734/
Ailvie734/
Alwesh734/
Galvey734/
Aelvis734/
Aalvee733/
Allver733/
Alvhee733/
Alvhie733/
Alvyce733/
Ealvis733/
Elveys733/
Elvesh733/
Alvece733/
Oelves732/
Olvest732/
Alweis732/
Alverh732/
Alvios732/
Alveiz732/
Allvis732/
Ahlvie732/
Albeas732/
Hallve732/
Elvess732/
Albeds732/
Alvois731/
Ailbes731/
Halvee731/
Halvys731/
Golves731/
Ealver731/
Ealvie731/
Aulvey731/
Elvesz731/
Alvisp731/
Alvyse731/
Alvyss731/
Alwest731/
Alveat731/
Alveez731/
Alveha731/
Aliues731/
Allvee731/
Allvet731/
Allwes731/
Aglive731/
Olveis731/
Olvese731/
Olvess731/
Alweus731/
Allvys731/
Alvyst731/
Alvech731/
Alevsu731/
Alva6737,735/
Alvi6714,218/
Alvy671,835/
Albe671,477/
Olve67238/
Alue67148/
Alwe6749/
Alvisse6710/
Albeise675/
Albeesh673/
Halbeis673/
Alvaise672/
Alvisce672/
Allbest672/
Ailebys672/
Gailvey672/
Albesse672/
Alveyce672/
Alvaice672/
Halbesh671/
Galwesh671/
Ehlvies671/
Eulvess671/
Albeast671/
Aluetse671/
Alvheid671/
Alvisth671/
Alwease671/
Alweiss671/
Aliuess671/
Allwese671/
Allwies671/
Ailevys671/
Ahlvish671/
Helveas671/
Helveus671/
Healvis671/
Oglives671/
Helvees671/
Hellves671/
Haelvis671/
Alveche671/
Albeyse671/

Alves Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Alves in the Russian language
Алвесalves-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Alves