Ava is fairly common, I've met one or two in real life. Most names are not wildly popular any more, so you more have to be concerned about the 4 or 5 Avas in the school, as opposed to the average kindergarten class. If you truly love
Ava, the popularity shouldn't be an issue but you can always use it as a lovely middle name.
Ave (prn. AW-veh) is a similar name that isn't popular at all (though a tad difficult to pronounce for those not learned in Latin) and
Ada and
Eve are nice if you like palindromes.
This message was edited 4/12/2009, 1:31 PM