The toponymy of Uva

The name is originated from hydronym: Ва [Va] – ancient Udmurt name of the river, + Udmurt-Russian prefix У [u] appeared in 1924: ‘A settlement founded by the river Vaʼ.

The village was settled as a woodcutters village on July 10, 1924. It was stated as workers settlement in 1938 [Atamanov 2015: 797].