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Ava is a feminine given name in the English and in other languages. Its recent popularity is ultimately due to a number of celebrity babies of the 1990s, who were ultimately named after American actress Ava Gardner (who had died in 1990). ==Origin== The medieval name ''Ava'' is an abbreviation of a Germanic name containing the first element ''av-'', meaning water from Proto-Persian word '' ab'' or '' av'' for water. Saint Ava was a 9th-century princess, daughter of Pepin II of Aquitaine. Ava was also the name of a medieval German woman poet. This name is the origin of the Norman French name of Aveline, which in turn gave rise to the English given name of Evelyn. 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.〔http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?nmd=n&terms=Ava〕 Āvā is also a feminine given name in the Persian language, meaning ''voice'', ''sound'' and ''phoneme''. In the Russian language, Ava () may be a diminutive form of either the female names Avelina,〔Petrovsky, p. 33〕 Avenira,〔Petrovsky, p. 34〕 Aventina,〔 Avgusta/Avgustina,〔Petrovsky, p. 32〕 Aviafa,〔 Aviya (a form of Abijah),〔Petrovsky, p. 35〕 Avreliya,〔Petrovsky, p. 36〕 Avreya,〔 and Avrora (a form of Aurora),〔 or the male names Avdey,〔Superanskaya, p. 21〕 Avel,〔 Avenir,〔 Aventin,〔 Avgust,〔 Avim,〔 Avram (a form of Abram),〔 Avrelian,〔 and Avrely.〔 ==Modern use== The name was popularized in the United States by socialite Ava Lowle Willing (1868–1958), who married John Jacob Astor IV, and their daughter, socialite and heiress Ava Alice Muriel Astor (1902–1956). Ava Gardner (1922–1990) signed to a contract by MGM Studios in 1941 and gained Hollywood stardom with her performance in ''The Killers'' (1946). She became one of Hollywood's leading actresses during the 1950s to 1970s and is the ultimate reason for the given name's continued popularity.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ava (given name)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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