Alva is a given name. It is used in Sweden and Norway as a feminine form of the name Alf, meaning "elf." It is also a spelling variant of the Biblical masculine name Alvah, meaning "his highness." Alva is a currently popular name in Sweden, where it was ranked among the ten most popular names given to newborn girls in 2012. Notable people with the name include:
Alva Adams (governor) (1850–1922), Governor of ColoradoAlva B. Adams (1875–1941), U.S. Senator from Colorado, son of the governorAlva Baptiste, Saint Lucian politicianAlva Belmont (1853–1933), American socialite and suffragetteAlva Bradley (1884–1953), American businessman and baseball executiveAlva Colquhoun (born 1942), Australian swimmerAlva Duer (1904–1987), American college basketball coachThomas Alva Edison (1847–1931), American inventor and businessmanAlva Clark Forney (1871–1956), Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota (1925–1927)Alva L. Hager (1850–1923), three-term U.S. Representative from IowaAlva Johnston (1888–1950), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author and biographerAlva Kelley (1918–1999), American collegiate football player and coachAlva Liles (1956–1998), American football playerAlva M. Lumpkin (1886–1941), U.S. Senator from South Carolina for less than a monthAlva Myrdal (1902–1986), Swedish Nobel Peace Prize winnerAlva Noë (born 1964), American philosopher and cognitive scientistAlva Ross (died 2004), Jamaican politicianAlva Wong (born 1982), Canadian coach