Avelyn

A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning like a bird; modern elaboration of Ava.

Babies a year
74
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3333
7 babies

Avelyn by the numbers

In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Avelyn. In the US, 74 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 90 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

Other names that come from Ava

Like Avelyn, each of these traces back to Ava: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Avahlife; bird; a respelling of Ava514 in the US (2017)
  • Ayvalife; a respelling of Ava226 in the US (2017)
  • Avamariebird and beloved; combination of Ava and Marie85 in the US (2017)
  • Avaleighlife and meadow; a blend of Ava and Leigh82 in the US (2017)
  • Ava-Maelike a bird; bird-like with May flower; compound of Ava and Mae74 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Avagracebird combined with grace; a modern blended form of Ava and Grace42 in the US (2017)
  • Ava-Maybird, desired; hyphenated form of Ava and May26 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ava-Leighlife; a form of Ava with suffix14 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Avelyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Adelynnoble, gracious; a modern respelling of Adeline1,511 in the US (2017)
  • Avalynlike a bird; a modern elaboration of Ava292 in the US (2017)
  • Acelyn33 in the US (2017)
  • Avelynn27 in the US (2017)
  • Avilyn14 in the US (2017)
  • Aelyn7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Avelyn

Names that are said the same way as Avelyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Avelinewished-for child; a form of Aveline133 in the US (2017)
  • Avalonisland of apples; legendary isle131 in the US (2017)
  • Avalynn340 in the US (2017)
  • Avaline33 in the US (2017)
  • Avalene19 in the US (2017)
  • Avaleen16 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a bird

Like Avelyn, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Avalife; bird15,914 in the US (2017)
  • Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
  • Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
  • Alondralark; a form of Alondra844 in the US (2017)
  • Jennasmall bird or paradise; form of Jinn804 in the US (2017)
  • Ravendark-haired; from the bird name742 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Avelyn

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