Avalon
A girls’ name of Welsh origin, meaning island of apples; legendary isle.
Avalon by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Avalon. In the US, 131 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 157 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Avalon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Avalynlike a bird; a modern elaboration of Ava292 in the US (2017)
- Avalin7 in the US (2017)
- Adalynnoble natured; a modern respelling of Adeline2,194 in the US (2017)
- Avelynlike a bird; modern elaboration of Ava74 in the US (2017)
- Adalinnoble natured; variant of adalene or adeline29 in the US (2017)
- Avalynn340 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Avalon
Names that are said the same way as Avalon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean an island
Like Avalon, each of these has an island in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Islaisland; from the river Islay1,959 in England and Wales (2025)
- Evelynnisland; a variant spelling of Evelyn938 in the US (2017)
- Skyesky; the Isle of Skye214 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kelseyisland of the ship; a place name799 in the US (2017)
- Whitneywhite island; from a place name336 in the US (2017)
- Lindseylinden tree island; variant of Lindsey316 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Avalon
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