Avera

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Avera by the numbers

Avera was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Avera

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Averyruler of the elves10,365 in the US (2017)
  • Averi376 in the US (2017)
  • Amera31 in the US (2017)
  • Avea15 in the US (2017)
  • Avira10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aveya10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Avera

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

  • Aveera7 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Avera

Nobody has voted for Avera yet

Vote for Avera and put it up against all the other baby names

Vote for Avera