[name_m]Hi[/name_m] everyone -
My name is [name_f]Ava[/name_f] and I am 17 years old. My name is very popular (at least where I live), and I can’t stand how unoriginal my name is. I don’t feel like I identify with it.
I told my parents that I don’t like the name [name_f]Ava[/name_f], and their feelings were really hurt. I like the feminine sound of [name_f]Ava[/name_f], I just don’t like how popular it is. I was thinking I could go by a similar name to [name_f]Ava[/name_f], but that’s a lot less popular, like [name_f]Eva[/name_f] for example, but I don’t want to be called [name_f]Eva[/name_f].
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you guys have any suggestions for me? Thank you so much 
What about [name_f]Ada[/name_f]? It’s very similar to [name_f]Ava[/name_f], and a lot less popular.
[name_f]Eva[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_u]Avery[/name_u]
[name_f]Avia[/name_f]
[name_f]Avalon[/name_f]
[name_f]Ada[/name_f]
[name_f]Ayla[/name_f]
[name_f]Anya[/name_f]
[name_f]Eve[/name_f]
[name_u]Everly[/name_u]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
I would also suggest [name_f]Ada[/name_f] or [name_f]Eve[/name_f]. Some other suggestions:
[name_f]Livia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Zoe[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Mona[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Lara[/name_f]
[name_f]Nina[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
I would suggest [name_f]Maeva[/name_f] 
[name_m]Just[/name_m] some ideas…
[name_f]Aoife[/name_f] - similar-sounding Irish name, roughly “EE-fa”
Avelina - or [name_f]Aveline[/name_f], a medieval name (Anglo-[name_m]Norman[/name_m]). [name_f]Aveline[/name_f] is also the [name_m]French[/name_m] word for “hazelnut” (and in Spanish it is avellana which could maybe work as a name too)
Avenel - another medieval English name
Avens, Aven - wood avens is a flowering plant, also known as herb bennet. It’s used in herbal medicine, and was believed to protect against malevolent spirits
[name_f]Eavan[/name_f] - Irish name
[name_f]Avita[/name_f] - ancient [name_m]Roman[/name_m] name, the feminine form of Avitus which means “ancestral” in Latin, related to the word avus “grandfather”
[name_u]Averil[/name_u], [name_u]Averel[/name_u] - a form of Everild, which was the name of a medieval English saint
[name_f]Avila[/name_f] - ancient Germanic name, also a Spanish place name (spelled ”vila) and used by [name_m]Roman[/name_m] Catholics in honor of St [name_f]Teresa[/name_f] of ”vila
[name_f]Avy[/name_f] - rhyming with navy or wavy? It’s not very feminine but works as a nickname!
[name_f]Avis[/name_f] - means “a bird” in Latin, but also a popular medieval name which had a different origin. It developed from the older form Aveza. Also spelled Avice.
[name_f]Aviva[/name_f] - modern Jewish name and palindrome derived from Hebrew aviv meaning “the spring” (as in the Israeli place name Tel [name_u]Aviv[/name_u] = “spring hill”)
Avocet - this is a type of wading bird, not a name per se, but could it work as one? It’s derived from Latin avis “bird”
[name_m]Avon[/name_m] - the name of many rivers in [name_f]England[/name_f]. The earlier Brythonic (Celtic) name was Abona, which simply meant “river”
Avonia - a Victorian-era coinage based on [name_m]Avon[/name_m] (dates to around the 1860s)
Avénie - name of a [name_m]Breton[/name_m] saint, possibly related to the Welsh and Cornish word awen = “inspiration, poetic gift, muse”
[name_m]Aviel[/name_m] - modern Hebrew name meaning “God is my father”, pronounced “ah-vee-[name_f]ELL[/name_f]”
[name_f]Avani[/name_f] - [name_f]Indian[/name_f] name meaning “earth”
[name_f]Adia[/name_f] - reminiscent of [name_f]Ava[/name_f] when pronounced “AY-dee-a” (like the Sarah McLachlan song lol)
[name_f]Effi[/name_f], [name_f]Effie[/name_f] - slightly similar to [name_f]Ava[/name_f]?
I like [name_f]Eva[/name_f] and [name_f]Eve[/name_f] too.
I like [name_f]Avia[/name_f]!. Or [name_f]Maeve[/name_f]/[name_f]Maeva[/name_f]. Also, if you really want unique, I know a girl named Avo and she gets so many compliments on how unique and beautifu it is. It’s pronounced Avo like avocado.