Ayva is a phonetic spelling of Ava, a name of uncertain origin that is usually traced either to the Latin avis, "bird", or to a medieval Germanic short form of names beginning with Avi-, and that is also linked to Eve, "life". The y spelling rode in on Ava's enormous popularity. Ayva was almost unused in 2000 at number 10867, entered the top 1000 at its peak of number 957 in 2014, stayed near number 1000 until 2020 and has since fallen to number 2461 in 2025 with 72 girls.