As evidence for the name is lacking
between the later medieval and the modern period, the Oxford Dictionary of
First Names supposes that it was coined anew as a modern innovation,
presumably as a variant of Eva or (like Eva) used as an Anglicization
of the Irish name Aoife.
Beautiful, Radiant, and Joyful. Known as the
greatest woman warrior in the world, Aoife was the mother of Cuchulainn’s only
son, Connlach. Aoife Dearg (“Red Aoife”) was a daughter of a king of Connacht who had her marriage arranged by St. Patrick
himself. In 2003 Aoife was the third most popular Irish girls name for babies
in Ireland
Origin: (Hebrew, Latin, Greek, Germanic,
French, English, Irish)
Pronunciation: (AY-və, A-və, Ah-vah)
Gender: Female
I was in a nursing home visiting
two friends who are of the same religion that I am and when walking to their
rooms I was looking at the tags of names on the outside of the doors and saw
Ava and said you know I’m not usually one for short common names but maybe
others are and the name Ava has a lot to offer an author for their character. It
has great meanings and is easily recognized and pronounceable. It has a great
history of use and such a long history that it could be used in just about any
era.
It says that Eva which Ava comes
from is an Anglicization of Aoife *see on
list of posts* which I had forgotten about which is surprising as Aoife
is one of my favorite Irish names and I think I’ve used it before in one of my
novels but can't remember. Anyway Ava would be great as a first or middle name
or it could maybe be in a double-barrel name like Ava Marie or Ava Belle or Ava
Kelly.
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