Ayva
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning life; a respelling of Ava.
Ayva by the numbers
In 2025, 33 babies in England and Wales were named Ayva. In the US, 226 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 280 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Ava
Like Ayva, each of these traces back to Ava: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Avalynlike a bird; a modern elaboration of Ava292 in the US (2017)
- Avamariebird and beloved; combination of Ava and Marie85 in the US (2017)
- Avaleighlife and meadow; a blend of Ava and Leigh82 in the US (2017)
- Ava-Maelike a bird; bird-like with May flower; compound of Ava and Mae74 in England and Wales (2025)
- Avelynlike a bird; modern elaboration of Ava74 in the US (2017)
- Avagracebird combined with grace; a modern blended form of Ava and Grace42 in the US (2017)
- Ava-Maybird, desired; hyphenated form of Ava and May26 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ava-Leighlife; a form of Ava with suffix14 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ayva. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Ayva
Names that are said the same way as Ayva, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean life
Like Ayva, each of these has life in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Ayva
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