Fava as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Fava

What is the meaning of the name Fava ?

The baby name Fava is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced FAH-vah (Italian: /ˈfaːva/); English: /ˈfɑːvə/ or /ˈfeɪvə/ (commonly FAH-vuh or FAY-vuh)).

Fava is Latin, Portuguese, Spanish in Origin.

Fava is a nature-derived given name and surname with Mediterranean roots. It comes from Latin faba, “bean,” retained in Italian as fava for the broad bean and adopted into Portuguese; it appears in medieval Italian records as a metonymic surname for bean growers or sellers, later carried to Iberia and the Americas. In Greek, fáva names a classic split-pea purée and underlies surnames such as Favas/Fava, which occasionally inform given-name use. As a first name, Fava remains rare but has seen modern, cross-cultural adoption for its clean sound and agrarian imagery.

The core meaning is “bean” or “broad bean,” a symbol of sustenance and rustic prosperity in Mediterranean folklore. Variants and related forms include Faba (Galician/Spanish), Favas (Greek/Portuguese surname form), Favia (Italian feminine family-name form), and the cognate given names Fabio, Fabia, Fabian, and Fabius, all ultimately from the same Latin root.