Kõiv
Kõiv is an Estonian surname. The word means "birch" in Võro.
According to the Estonian Population Register, there lived 1,242 people with the surname Kõiv in Estonina, as of 8 May 2012.[1]
Notable bearers of the name Kõiv include:
- Kauri Kõiv (born 1983), biathlete
- Kerli Kõiv (born 1987), singer and songwriter
- Madis Kõiv (1929–2014), author, physicist and philosopher
See also
- Koivu, a Finnish surname of the same etymology
- Kask, a more common Estonian surname with the same meaning
References
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