Tikvah is from the Hebrew תִּקְוָה (Tiqvāh — hope, expectation) — foundational from Hebrew qavah (to wait/hope). A modern American baby name in the broader Hebrew-Israeli heritage aesthetic. Tikvah is one of the foundational Hebrew feminine names — central to traditional Jewish + Zionist heritage. The foundational Hebrew tiqvāh (hope) is foundational central to foundational Hebrew Bible hope-naming heritage + foundational mentioned ~32 times in foundational Tanakh + foundational central to foundational Jeremiah 29:11 (For I know the plans I have for you + plans for welfare and not for evil + to give you a future and a hope) + foundational Job 14:7 + foundational Psalm 71:5 + foundational central to foundational pan-Jewish theological heritage; foundational also foundational central to foundational Hatikvah (foundational The Hope) — foundational Israeli national anthem + foundational lyrics written by foundational Naftali Herz Imber in foundational 1878 + foundational melody adapted from foundational Bedřich Smetana's Vltava (1874) + foundational Eastern European folk melody Carul cu boi + foundational adopted as Zionist anthem at foundational First Zionist Congress 1897 + foundational official Israeli anthem 2004 + foundational central to foundational pan-Zionist + Israeli national heritage + foundational kol od balevav penimah (foundational As long as in the heart within + a Jewish soul still yearns) — foundational famous opening line. Foundational Hebrew feminine name reflecting Israeli national heritage.
Featured throughout Hebrew heritage.
Tikvah does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.
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In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Tikvah reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.