Ahava

אַהֲבָה

• Gender: Female
• Origin: Modern Hebrew
• Meaning: love

• Ahava is the Hebrew word for love, and as a name, it is about as direct and beautiful as it gets. The word appears throughout Jewish texts to describe something sacred and enduring, a love that is not fleeting but woven into the fabric of life itself. Giving a child this name is a way of saying that love is not just something you feel — it is something you carry with you always.

  The name Ahava, meaning love, was immortalized by artist Robert Indiana in his iconic AHAVA sculpture, the Hebrew-letter counterpart to his famous LOVE image, which stands in the Israel Museum's sculpture garden in Jerusalem. Naming a child Love is a bold move in any language, and Ahava does it with Hebrew elegance. Its open vowels give it an almost musical quality, like a lullaby in name form. There is something deeply romantic about a name that does not hint at love or gesture toward it but simply is it.

• Alternate Spellings: Ahavah
• Potential Sibling Name:
  Dahlia
  ,
  Carmel
  ,
  Ami
  ,
  Ronen
• Theme: love