Ava
Ava means Of uncertain meaning; used as a variant of Eva/Eve, an anglicization of the Irish name Aoife, or from an uncertain Germanic root.
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| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Germanic |
| Language | English |
| Starts with | A |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Of uncertain meaning; used as a variant of Eva/Eve, an anglicization of the Irish name Aoife, or from an uncertain Germanic root”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Rian — Meaning uncertain
- Ayshath — Living, prosperous, Mappila variant
- Liam — Short form of William, via Irish Uilliam
- Amelia — From a Germanic root meaning 'vigor, bravery'
- Evelyn — Possibly 'desired, wished for', from the Germanic root behind the Old French name Aveline
- Maulik — derived from a root, original
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Where this comes from
Ava has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.