I really love the name [name]Ava[/name]. I know two [name]Ava[/name]'s, both around 5 years old. I am pretty good friends with the mom of one, and the other I have just recently met and have spoken with a couple times as they just moved to the area. I see them mostly at church and the moms are about 10 years older than me. I don’t really think either of the ladies would think I was “copying” them or get upset if I used it, but other people might see it that way. Anyhow, since [name]Ava[/name] is so short I thought maybe I could use it as a double barrel? Would it still be too close? I’d appreciate opinions on it. Also, I don’t plan on using [name]Ava[/name] for a first girl, so the age gap would be greater than 5 years. (Although if I have twin girls, which who knows what the chances of that are, I’d love [name]Claire[/name] and [name]Ava[/name] as twin sisters. )
Ideas:
[name]Ava[/name]-[name]Kate[/name]
[name]Ava[/name]-[name]Jayne[/name]( [name]Jayne[/name] is my mom’s middle so this would be cute)
[name]Ava[/name]-[name]Sophie[/name] / [name]Ava[/name] [name]Sophia[/name](I love this one)
[name]Ava[/name]-[name]Joy[/name] ([name]Joy[/name] is my middle. I don’t really know that my husband and I will be living here permanently, either, so she could always go by just [name]Ava[/name] when she is older)
[name]Ava[/name]-Lynae ( my sister’s middle)
Any others? (Not [name]Grace[/name] or [name]Rose[/name] as those are the little [name]Ava[/name]'s middles or [name]Hope[/name] as I know a little [name]Hope[/name], too) Also on the side, I love [name]Avery[/name] for a boy so obviously I couldn’t use both and I’d have to decide between the two.
I don’t think [name]Ava[/name] is too short. It is great as a stand alone name. But I am biased because I really hate the double-barrel names. I really don’t see the appeal.
I usually hate double barrel names, but I think since [name]Ava[/name] is such a popular name, it’s a good idea. I have always thought [name]Ava[/name]-[name]Jean[/name] is really sweet sounding.
I hate double-barrels. I don’t mind using a first and middle together but hyphens annoy me.
I would, personally, if I wanted [name]Ava[/name] but someone else was using it, go for [name]Eve[/name] or [name]Ada[/name] or [name]Ivy[/name] than a hyphenated double-barrel.
I like [name]Avery[/name] for a boy. I would be tempted to say if I knew too many Avas, that I’d use [name]Avery[/name] for a boy and something else for a girl.
But if you must:
[name]Ava[/name] [name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Ava[/name] [name]Jayne[/name] with no hyphen, that way if you move away from all the other Avas she can be just [name]Ava[/name].
[name]Ava[/name] [name]Claire[/name]
[name]Ava[/name] [name]Rain[/name]
[name]Ava[/name] [name]Lillian[/name]
[name]Ava[/name] [name]Beatrix[/name]
Out of your choices, I prefer [name]Ava[/name]-[name]Kate[/name], however I must tell you my story. Quite early on in my second pregnancy, My husband and I liked [name]Ava[/name], [name]Eve[/name] and [name]Eva[/name]. We decided to go with [name]Ava[/name] as my hubby preferred it over the others but I was a bit worried about how popular it was becoming (this was 2010), so we also considered a double-barrelled name. We chose [name]Leigh[/name] and then also decided to smoosh it and make one full name, so instead of [name]Ava[/name]-[name]Leigh[/name], she was named Avaleigh. I loved the idea as it meant she wasnt just another [name]Ava[/name]. However, many family members seemed unable to pronounce it and began.to sgorten it to just [name]Ava[/name]. Now, two years on, only a handful of people call her Avaleigh and even then only occassionally. She is [name]Ava[/name] 95% of the times. I do wish we had went with [name]Eva[/name] or [name]Eve[/name] as they aren’t as popular, but if you love [name]Ava[/name], just use it as a stand-alone name as I know from experience, people will just shorten the double-barrel anyway.x
I also second Stripedsocks suggestion of [name]Ivy[/name]. It has the same sound as [name]Ava[/name] but is much fresher. Although I love the name [name]Ava[/name] (makes me think of Ms [name]Gardener[/name]), I think [name]Ivy[/name] has a spunkiness that [name]Ava[/name] doesn’t. Great choice!
I’m going to third [name]Ivy[/name]. My husband was set on [name]Evie[/name] and we both really liked [name]Ava[/name]/[name]Eva[/name] (both pn the same way). We were able to agree on [name]Ivy[/name], though we have a good personal association with the name so that helps. [name]Eve[/name] or [name]Eva[/name] (of course you’d want to pn it ee-vuh in order to avoid your problem) could be good solutions to your problem.
Thanks for all the suggestions and advice! We are strongly considering using no hyphen, thus allowing her to be [name]Ava[/name] [name]Joy[/name] if she wants or [name]Ava[/name] later in life.(Or whatever middle we choose) I also like the suggestion of [name]Ivy[/name], I recently had it on my middle list. [name]One[/name] of our favorite names is [name]Zoe[/name], and I thought [name]Ava[/name] and [name]Zoe[/name] sounded better vs. [name]Ivy[/name] and [name]Zoe[/name] because of the “ee” endings being the same. Any opinions on that?
Siblings named [name]Ava[/name] and [name]Zoe[/name] does sound a bit better than [name]Ivy[/name] and [name]Zoe[/name].
[name]Ava[/name] [name]Joy[/name] would be a really sweet name for a little girl. [name]Even[/name] better is that it would be honoring you but not in the sense that she wouldn’t have her own name.