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.
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
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