At a Glance
- Meaning
- Willow (a homographic Hebrew word also means 'desert plain/steppe')
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- ah-rah-VAH
Arava is a Hebrew girl's name meaning “willow (a homographic Hebrew word also means 'desert plain/steppe')”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Arava
Meaning: Willow (a homographic Hebrew word also means 'desert plain/steppe').
Origin: Hebrew.
A common claim: Often glossed simply as 'willow' on baby-name sites. Actually: That's a real sense of the word, but the identical Hebrew spelling more commonly means 'desert plain/steppe' — willow is the less common of the two meanings.
How to Pronounce Arava
ah-rah-VAHIPA /aʁaˈva/
Popularity of Arava
Arava doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
Lists That Include Arava
Similar Names
Eunsol · Lorinda · Lubna · Orna · Limonit · Carmel
