Ava
[ˈeɪ.və]Meaning
variant of Eve; also Persian for "voice, sound"
Background Story
Ava is a variant of Eve, and it is also a Persian word meaning "voice, sound". A third origin is as a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element awi, of unknown meaning; this was the name of a 9th-century Frankish saint. The name became very popular throughout the English-speaking world in the early 21st century, entering the top ten for girls in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and it began to rise sharply after 1997.
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