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:

See also edit

  • Koivu, a Finnish surname of the same etymology
  • Kask, a more common Estonian surname with the same meaning

References edit

  1. ^ "Portaali sisenemine - eesti.ee".[permanent dead link]