Ahuva

Ahuva is a Hebrew feminine name meaning beloved. It comes from the Hebrew language’s vocabulary of love, making the affectionate meaning direct rather than an interpretation based on a famous bearer or a flower. Ahuvah is another way of writing the same name in Latin letters.

The final h in Ahuvah generally reflects a transliteration choice and does not add another syllable. Ahuva’s middle consonant belongs to the root, so it is more than an elaboration of the separate name Ava. For families choosing a name to express that a child is loved, Ahuva supplies that thought in an established Hebrew form. It may also preserve a family or cultural connection while keeping the literal meaning easy to explain.