MEANING & HISTORY
What does Ava mean?
Ava has distinct documented name accounts. One treats it as a variant of Eve, linking it with the biblical life-name family.
Another is Persian Ava, meaning voice or sound. The same Latin letters do not establish which language a particular family intended. Describing both accounts is more accurate than assigning one universal root.
The familiar English name and the Persian word-name retain separate histories even when their modern spellings match.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
A female given name from Hebrew, a variant of Eva.; A female given name from Irish, an anglicization of Aoife.; A female given name from the Germanic languages, from a Germanic root *avi of uncertain meaning.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Ava
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Ava Verdeflor
Filipino artistic gymnast
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Ava Verdeflor
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Ava in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Ava
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Avis·Medieval name with disputed Aveza or Avitia history
- Avelina♀Spanish feminine of Avelino; also a Germanic diminutive
- Avigail·My father is joy
- Avelino♂From Saint Andrea Avellino’s Italian place-derived surname
- Averell·Documented variant of Averil
What rhymes with Ava?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Explore Ava further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q608738 — Ava (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Ava Verdeflor (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q608738 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Ava (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Ava (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Ava-2 (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Eve (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.