Baby Name

We decided to go ahead and tell our families what name we chose, so I'll share it here as well.


Ava James Parke

Ava: Strength, Desired, Alive

Ava's origin is Germanic, and its use, German. The name is of obscure origin. It could be from the element aval ('strength') or avi ('desired') and the short form of various female Germanic compound names with the element 'av', such as Avaline, or else it could be of Latin or Persian roots. It was borne by the 9th-century Saint Ava, who became a Benedictine nun at Dinart, Hainaut; she was also from the Frankish royal family.

James is after my dad, her grandfather, who passed away when I was 9 years old.