Vaiva is a Lithuanian female

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origin. It is a shortening of ''vaivorykštė'' (English

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). A

was considered one of the manifestations of the

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Laima. Vaiva's father, according to Baltic mythology, is

Perkūnas Perkūnas ( lt, Perkūnas, lv, Pērkons, Old Prussian: ''Perkūns'', ''Perkunos'', Yotvingian: ''Parkuns'', Latgalian: ''Pārkiuņs'') was the common Baltic god of thunder, and the second most important deity in the Baltic pantheon after Di ...

. The name was popularised by V.Krėvė-Mickevičius tale "Perkūnas, Vaiva ir Straublys" written in 1922. Notable people with the name include: * , Lithuanian theater and cinema actress

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