Comments for the name Ava (2)

I think this may mean "sound", because the Farsi word for water is a:b, pronounced like the first two letters of obnoxious or obtrusive or some other "ob" word. Anyway, thought you'd like to know that.

I love this name! It is cute, but I could picture a young or old person with this name.

This is my favorite way to pronounce this name (A-vuh). I like this name. I think it best suits a dark haired, teenage girl.

I think that Ava is a lovely name, that's gettin really, really, popular.

I'm not sure where BtN got the meaning for this. Ava is neither sound nor water in Persian. 'ob' is water and 'seh-dah' is sound, according to my mom who speaks fluent Persian.

BtN is right on the origin of the name. It is Persian and means "voice, sound, or the call". The word 'Se-da' is the Arabic word for "sound" which, like many other Arabic words, has been borrowed into Persian. The actual Persian word for "sound" is, in fact, 'Ava'. And a more common Persian word for "voice" is 'neda' (also another Persian name).

Dancer Fred Astaire and Phyllis Livingston Potter have a daughter Ava Austerlitz, born 1942.

In most languages, besides English, this name is pronounced as Ahvah. Meaning can be either life or bird, based on the origin you refer to (Hebrew or Latin).
Luckily, it is still quite rare and special in Europe. We love the name and think it is beautiful, and tender yet strong, and will probably naming our soon to be daughter Ava.

The pronunciation for the Persian name is AH-vah like the German one listed here.

Derives from ancient Greek: αβα which means : big voice, clamor,