Kochava

ko-HAV-uh; ko-KHAV-uh

Hebrew

"star"

Kochava Origin and Meaning

The name Kochava is a girl's name meaning "star".

A modern Hebrew name with a stellar meaning, Kochava is taken from the Hebrew word kochav meaning "star". In Jewish tradition, stars are symbolic of light that guides people through their lives and also of the might of God. A familiar name in Israel but rare elsewhere, Kochava is the strictly feminine form of the unisex name Kochav.