Today I wish to post about a name in honor of my new niece, Ava Polina. My heart melts whenever I see her!
Teta te miluje!
xoxo
The name Ava means "Like a Bird"...Nelly Furtado's song comes to mind...
A little history...
The medieval name Ava is an abbreviation of a Germanic name. Saint Ava was a 9th-century princess, daughter of Pepin II of Aquitaine. She was cured of blindness by Saint Rainfredis, became a Benedictine nun at Dinart, Hainault, and later was elected Abbess. Her feast day is April 29th, thus the name Ava is is celebrated on this day.
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. Ava is also a feminine given name in Persian, meaning "voice, sound".
Ava has worldwide
meanings, making it difficult to pinpoint its true etymology and origin. From
the German roots, Ava means "bird or birdlike". From the Latin, Ava
means "pretty" or "Living One". Ava is the Afghan word for "voice"
and the Akposso word for "sky" or "heaven". It also comes
from the Old English for "Breath of Life". Some believe that the name
Ava came from the Hebrew name "Chava," which means "life"
or "serpent," while others point out the place-name "Ivah"
appearing in the Bible.
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 Alive Muriel Astor (1902–1956).
Socialite Ava Lowle Willing
John Jacob Astor IV
Ava Alice Muriel Astor
And who could forget the beautiful Ava Gardner
Ava has become quite popular and here is a link to celebrity daughters named Ava
The name Polina is a Russian feminine given name. It is sometimes a short form of the name Appolinaria,
a feminine form of the ancient Greek name Appollinaris, a name derived from the
god Apollo. Appollinaris is the name of several
ancient Christian saints.
Polina
could also be seen as a variant spelling of the name Paulina,
a feminine form of the name Paul.
Polina was the second most popular name given to baby girls born in Moscow, Russia in 2007.
