Kõiv
Appearance
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 Estonia, 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