Aveda

The name of an American cosmetics company which was inspired by the ancient traditional medicine practices known as Ayurveda, literally "knowledge of longevity" in Sanskrit. Unfortunately, when shortened to Aveda, the literal meaning in Sanskrit becomes "not knowledge" – no doubt not what the company's founder intended. If you can get past this, a pretty and evocative name associated with holistic health and beauty.

Pronounced uh-VAY-duh.

As of October 2026, Aveda ranked #15614 in US births in 2022 SSA, peaked at #14018 in 2018.