The baby name Lavinah is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ləˈvɪnə/ — "luh-VIN-uh" (also sometimes /ləˈviːnə/ — "luh-VEE-nuh").
Lavinah is Latin in Origin.
The baby name Lavinah is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ləˈvɪnə/ — "luh-VIN-uh" (also sometimes /ləˈviːnə/ — "luh-VEE-nuh").
Lavinah is Latin in Origin.
Lavinah is a modern spelling variant of Lavina/Lavinia, a name of Latin origin borne in Roman legend as the daughter of King Latinus and wife of Aeneas in Virgil’s Aeneid. Through Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, Lavinia entered English usage, peaking in the 18th–19th centuries; the simplified Lavina circulated in parish records and frontier America. The -h ending in Lavinah reflects Anglicized and African onomastic habits and is found today in East and Southern Africa alongside church-influenced English names.
The etymology points to the ancient town Lavinium, not a transparent root; later folk links to Latin lavare “to wash” spawned modern glosses such as “purity” or “cleansing,” which are evocative rather than strict. Variants include Lavinia (Italian, Romanian, English), Lavina, Lavenia (Polynesian, esp. Samoan), Levinah/Levinia, and Livinia. Short forms: Vina, Vinnie, Lavi, Nia. Usual pronunciation la-VEE-nah. Lavinah offers a classical backbone with global familiarity yet remains uncommon in contemporary Western statistics.
Lavinah is a genuine rarity. We hold just 3 recorded uses of it, from 2 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,235 | 2 | 25,928 |
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