Avaya is a modern American coinage that stretches Ava with a flowing -ya ending, in the pattern of Amaya and Anaya; it has no traditional meaning, though Ava itself is usually linked to the Latin avis, "bird", or to Eve, "life". The name is also known as the brand of a telecommunications company. Avaya ranked number 15329 in 2000 and number 2173 in 2015 and has climbed to number 1359 in 2025, its best rank so far.