Avah is a spelling variant of Ava, a name of uncertain origin that is usually explained as a medieval Germanic short form, possibly meaning "desired", or as a form of Eve, "life". The added h, as in Sarah and Hannah, gives the two-syllable name a more traditional look. Avah followed Ava's boom in the United States, entering the top 1000 in 2008 and peaking at number 463 in 2018, but it has since dropped to number 1436 in 2025.