Saturday, April 21, 2007

This has nothing to do with Tanzania, by the way...

When we picked the name "Ava" we liked it because it sounded old-fashioned. People "of an age" will comment on the actress Ava Gardner. It was a name that was not common, but not unusual, something we tried to go for in all the kids' names. But something's happened...




Ava, the daughter of actors Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Philippe











Ava, the daughter of ever-youthful Heather Locklear and rocker Richie Sambora





Ava Jackman, daughter of X-men's "Wolverine" (and Tony-award winner) Hugh Jackman (and let me say this is going to cause some confusion when he becomes the next Mr. Carla Hillman. Or Jackman. Whatever.)



And last, but not least...
Africa Ava, my favorite one of all!



3 comments:

Karen said...

And it's the top name in Alberta, Canada:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2007/01/29/baby-names.html

Clearly you are a trendsetter (you're so good you influenced some people even before Africa Ava was born!)

andalucy said...

i lOVE that name. i guess others do, too.

sskaare said...

I think your Ava is by far the cutest!