title: Shalva (given name)
text: # Shalva (given name)
  
  Shalva (Georgian: შალვა) is a Georgian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
  
  * Shalva of Akhaltsikhe (fl. 13th century), Georgian military commander and courtier
  * Shalva Aleksi-Meskhishvili (1884-1960), Georgian jurist and politician
  * Shalva Amiranashvili (1899–1975), Georgian art historian
  * Shalva Apkhazava (1980-2004), Georgian footballer
  * Shalva Chikhladze (1912-1997), Georgian wrestler and Olympic medalist
  * Shalva Dadiani (1874-1959), Georgian novelist, playwright and theatre actor
  * Shalva Didebashvili (born 1982), Georgian rugby player
  * Shalva Eliava (1883–1937), Soviet-Georgian Old Bolshevik and Soviet official
  * Shalva Gachechiladze (born 1987), Georgian show jumper
  * Shalva Gadabadze (born 1984), Georgian-Azerbaijani wrestler
  * Shalva Khujadze (born 1975), Georgian footballer
  * Shalva Kikodze (1894-1921), Georgian painter, graphic artist and theatre decorator
  * Shalva Loladze (1916–1945), Soviet-Georgian officer in the German Wehrmacht
  * Shalva Maglakelidze (1893-1976), Georgian jurist, politician and military commander
  * Shalva Mamukashvili (born 1990), Georgian rugby player
  * Shalva Mumladze (born 1978), Georgian footballer
  * Shalva Natelashvili (born 1958), Georgian politician
  * Shalva Nutsubidze (1888-1969), Georgian philosopher, translator and public benefactor
  * Shalva Sutiashvili (born 1984), Georgian rugby player
  