Ava
Ava is a girl name of Latin / Germanic origin, ranked #6 in popularity, meaning Life, bird, living one.
What Ava means
Life, bird, living one.
Ava is short — 3 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Ava comes from
Latin / Germanic is a blended origin: the name is claimed by more than one tradition, which usually means it travelled, or that two similar-sounding names converged. Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Ava is recorded as Latin / Germanic in origin. Browse other Latin / Germanic names.
How popular is Ava?
Ava is ranked #6, which places it in the very top tier of girl names in use right now. Expect it to be instantly recognised and correctly spelled by almost everyone — and expect your child to meet others with the same name.
The character of Ava
We group Ava under the natural world and Life — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Ava
These share Ava's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Aviva — Springlike; fresh.
- Chloe — Young green shoot; blooming.
- Embla — Elm; the first woman.
- Ilana — Tree; flourishing.
- Persephone — Goddess of spring; bringer of life.
- Summer — The warm, bright season.
- Vesna — Slavic goddess of spring.
- Rohan — Ascending; blossoming.
- Xuan — Spring.
- Aurora — Dawn; goddess of sunrise.
- Acacia — Thorny tree; resurrection.
- Aisha — Alive; living.