Save Type Surname (from given name) Usage Filipino Pronounced Pron. A-ban-seh-nya(Tagalog) [key·IPA] Other Forms FormsAvancena Meaning & History Hispanicised form of Arabic اِبْن سِينَا (ibn sīnā) meaning "son of Sina". This was the Arabic name for Avicenna (980-1037), a Persian polymath.