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Baby Name of the Day: Ava
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[…] long a is the vowel sound that has dominated our age, found in names as different in style as Ava and Hailey, Kaylee and […]
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[…] Will Champion has a daughter called Ava and twins Rex and […]
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[…] 23. Ava, […]
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[…] Edith.
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[…] of Isabella and Sophia.
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[…] 15,000 little girls were christened Ava, with another 6,600 plus called Avery, and nearly as many answering to Evelyn in 2010 alone.
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[…] center.
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[…] sound is one-part Harper, one-part Ava.
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[…] of recent AFL players’ kids is no exception – one of them named his daughter Halo Ava.
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[…] our age of Ava and Audrey, Riley and Madison, it seems a natural evolution to consider the surnames of […]
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[…] names are very much in vogue.
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[…] that she names.
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[…] all the success of Hollywood choices like Audrey and Ava, Greta has always been relatively uncommon.
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[…] yet, plenty of parents consider Avery solidly feminine, a blend of the best elements of Ava and Emily.
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[…] a daughter.
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[…] But mostly I was amazed at how consistently I heard the exact same names, over and over: Emma, Ava, Abby, Noah, Taylor, Alex, Jake, anything that ends in -aden.
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[…] like new parents today are often surprised to learn that Ava is a top ten name, neither Lawrence nor the publishers he approached realized that Linda was […]
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[…] career as a villainess.
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[…] is back circa 2011, from super-popular picks like Ava to the traditional Victoria to Hollywood’s batch of lively girls called Vida and […]
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[…] Eli Manning is a first-time dad.
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[…] playgrounds filled with screen legends like Natalie, Ava, and Audrey, a little Humphrey might fit right […]
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[…] the success of Ava, Natalie, and Audrey for girls, Hollywood screen legends have not been a major influence for […]
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[…] -eva ending gives her that vibrant v sound that has pushed Ava and Violet, Eva and Vita to the heights of […]
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[…] sisters Paris and Nicky Hilton.
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[…] v sound is very, very popular, from Ava to […]
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R. says
May 13, 2017 at 4:31 PMI know a girl named Avalynn, her nickname is Ava. Her younger sister’s name is Gracelynn.
Amy-Jane says
May 13, 2012 at 8:42 AMLove the name Ava and love Ava Gardner but my neice is Eva so can’t call my baby Ava – pity!!
Charlotte Vera says
September 29, 2010 at 8:55 PMAva — so hot right now! The name in and of itself is rather nice, but I can’t in good consciousness recommend the name to anyone because, as your post and all the previous comments have said, it’s just way too popular. I’m friends with a woman who takes care of her niece Ava while at the same time looking after her daughter Evie. Both kids are around 22 months old and I can’t help thinking how frequently their names will get mixed up with the other “v” names in school.
JNE says
September 29, 2010 at 8:50 PMLike everyone says – Ava is pretty, but popular. On top of the Avas (AY vah) and the Eves and the Evas (EE vah), and all the Ava variants mentioned, I’ve run across more than one child with the nn Eva said EH vah (half way between EEvah and AYvah)… one of Italian heritage with the full name Evangelia (I think) and another name Evelyn. That V is super-popular right now! Pretty, but I’d (personally) probably steer clear to avoid the masses and confusion.
Julie says
September 29, 2010 at 6:49 PMI just took a trip to the grocery store during that witching hour between school pick-up and suppertime. It seemed like every little girl was named either Ava or Lila. Ava is a very pretty, but it’s sooo popular and doesn’t have any obvious nicknames, so she’ll always be known as Ava Lastinitial.
estella says
September 29, 2010 at 4:01 PMBeautiful name, and I adore Ms. Gardner, but I just can’t in good conscience name a girl Ava these days. It’s too popular.
Sebastiane says
September 29, 2010 at 8:32 AMI am surprised you haven’t already done Ava 🙂
I can see the appeal, definitely, but the last 10 years she has gotten too popular for my tastes.