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Is Ava gaining popularity?

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Lulubee · 13/12/2008 23:51

I love the name but have heard of a couple of girls being named Ava recently. I thought I was being really original when I named my son Luca 5 years ago, and since then I've met quite a few! I want a name that goes with Luca without sounding too 'fashionable'...

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ScottishMummy · 03/02/2009 19:23

2008 popular names scotland -ava number 7

Wheelybug · 03/02/2009 19:16

I think its a lovely name.

I am facing similar dilemmas over a name that was once unusual but has now become popular that DH really likes. I don't actually know any so that's what I'm going to go by I think and hope for the best (although am still working on DH for my favourite name...).

If you don't know of any, I would go for it.

ScottishMummy · 03/02/2009 19:12

Ava is really fashioanable at the mo.galloping up the babyname charts i know 4.also the myleene factor (she has Ava too)

amandine07 · 03/02/2009 19:03

Ava is a beautiful name, very short & simple but has an enduring quality to it.
I think Luca & Ava would be such a cute combination!

bangandthedirtisgone · 24/01/2009 16:19

kerryk what's your dd's name?

mrswoolf · 24/01/2009 15:41

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TheMadHouse · 24/01/2009 15:26

I know 2 Ava's and 1 Eva, so yes more popular

leakyR · 24/01/2009 15:25

I know a 10m and 1m old Ava. I think it's popualr but pretty and goes nicely with Luca.

kerryk · 24/01/2009 15:20

i dont know of any ava's where i am (scotland)

my dd1 has a beautifull unusaul scottish name, we have had loads of comments about it since she was born but my bloody parents (love them really) put the birth announcment in the local paper and for months after she was born the same name kept on appearing in the birth announcments in the same paper

i know i dont "own" the name but i liked the fact it was original.

Tinker · 24/01/2009 15:15

You can't call a child Coco.

LaDiDaDi · 24/01/2009 10:35

I think it's very popular at the moment.

mum2b09 · 23/01/2009 23:38

i absolutely love the name ava but yeah it is extremely popular where i live atm. im not a worrier about the names popularity thought surely does it not just mean that alot of mothers chose it because its a beautiful name? Id rather give my baby a nice name that happens to be quite popular than a stupid name that no1s ever heard and can barely say haha just my opinion lol xxxxxxxxxxxx

FimboRabbieBurns · 23/01/2009 23:14

Myleene Klass has one

SparklyGothKat · 23/01/2009 23:12

Ava was my choice if DS2 was a girl..

petetong · 23/01/2009 23:07

Ava is ridiculously popular. Don't do it.

RachePache · 23/01/2009 23:06

I only know one - about 15 months old

Mammina · 23/01/2009 22:57

Extremely popular here (N. London)

Laugs · 23/01/2009 20:54

There is a girl at DD's nursery called Avy. I hadn't heard of that before but think it's quite sweet.

MrsMattie · 23/01/2009 20:51

I know two toddlers called Ava and a pregnant friend is planning on using it if she has a girl. It's pretty, though.

apmcpie · 23/01/2009 20:50

My little lady is 9 months and called ava - named due to the meaning 'bird like, free' etc. It is certainly a beautiful lets just hope it des not get the chav status due to over use!

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Lulubee · 14/12/2008 16:41

coco goes really nicely with Luca.....

I agree, it does, but DH has a fit at anything he terms remotely out of the ordinary. So I've had that!

It's true, I hadn't thought that 2 names ending in 'A' might be hard to run together. Still love it though...

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pgwithnumber3 · 14/12/2008 13:55

I only know of 2 Ava's. 1 is nearly 6 and the other is 2.

StayFrostyTheSnowMam · 14/12/2008 13:54

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PuppyMonkeyNuts · 14/12/2008 13:52

I know one Ava round here.

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