Hyphenation
a·vaTurkish pronunciation
eyvıPronunciation
/ˈāvə/ /ˈeɪvə/
Etymology
[ "d&-f&-rin-&n(d)-' ] (biographical name.) There was a Frankish ninth century St. Ava (of the Germanic root avi, related to Evelyn), but the English Ava seems to date from the nineteenth century as a variant of Eva. It has also been used as an anglicization of Celtic Aoife "radiant".