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:

• Karl Kõiv (1894–1972), featherweight weightlifter
• Kauri Kõiv (born 1983), biathlete
• Kerli Kõiv (born 1987), singer and songwriter
• Küllo Kõiv (1972–1998), wrestler
• Madis Kõiv (1929–2014), author, physicist and philosopher
• Tõnis Kõiv (born 1970), politician
• Tõnu Kõiv (born 1968), politician

See also

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

References