May be from the Latin avis meaning bird It could also be a short form of the name Chava life or living one the Hebrew form of Eve.

Ava meaning and origin. Its unsure exactly where the spiritual meaning of Ava came from though we can be positive that its been around for a very long time. Ava is a very classic name evoking images of the 19th century glamour. Ava 1 f English.

It was popularized as a girls name by actress Ava Gardner. In American Baby Names the meaning of the name Ava is. Ava is a female name.

Ava 3 f German Ancient Germanic. Ava means strength from Germanic aval sound and voice from Persian âvâzآواز water. Aves Avies Av A Ave Vava Va V Avia Ava Potata Avi.

Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element avi of unknown meaning possibly desired. It was also a medieval Germanic name that was associated with water and it is a Persian name that means voice. It was also borne by a 12th-century poet from Melk Austria.

Ive read in multiple baby-naming books that Ava means birdlike or flight or like a bird. Meanings and history of the name Ava. Some claim that the name came out of the ancient Hebrew name Hwwah which translates to live or life.

It may derive from a Proto-Germanic root meaning island or water. Ava is a palindrome name it can be spelled the same way forward or backward. In medieval times Ava was a diminutive of Germanic names beginning in Av- in particular Aveline from which the name Evelyn would eventually arise.