Leiva
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Leiva, alternatively Leyva, is a Spanish common name and the name of a number of localities and individuals. It may refer to:
Places
- Leiva, Nariño, municipality and town in the Nariño Department, Colombia
- Leiva, Boyacá, municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia, largest town Villa de Leyva
- Leiva, La Rioja, municipality in La Rioja, Spain
- Leiva River, river in Chile
People
First name or given name
- Leiva (singer) (born 1980), Spanish singer, songwriter and musician, as a solo artist and earlier a member of the Spanish pop rock band Pereza
- Family name / surname
- Alberto Aguilar Leiva (born 1984), or simply known as Alberto, Spanish football (soccer) player
- Andrés Felipe Arias Leiva (born 1973), Colombian economist and minister
- Cristian Leiva (born 1977), Argentinean football (soccer) player
- Francisco Leiva (1630–1676), dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age
- José María Sánchez Leiva (born 1985), Chilean football (soccer) player
- Lucas Leiva (born 1987), Brazilian football (soccer) player, currently playing for Liverpool F.C.
- Maria Aracely Leiva (born 1967), Honduran politician
- Martín Leiva (born 1980), Argentinean football (soccer) player
- Ponciano Leiva (1821–1896), President of Honduras in late eighteen hundreds
- Ronaldo Cecilio Leiva, Guatemalan military officer, minister
- Salvador Dubois Leiva (1935–2015), Nicaraguan football (soccer) player
De Leiva
- Andrés Díaz Venero de Leiva (died 1578), first president of the New Kingdom of Granada, appointed in 1564
- Antonio de Leyva, Duke of Terranova (1480–1536), Spanish general during the Italian Wars
See also
- Leivinha (born 1949), meaning small Leiva, Brazilian football (soccer) player
- Leyva, disambiguation page
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