Avien

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Avien by the numbers

Avien was given to 16 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 Avien

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 Avien. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Avielmy father is god16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aven203 in the US (2017)
  • Avion125 in the US (2017)
  • Avian102 in the US (2017)
  • Arien38 in the US (2017)
  • Adien19 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Avien

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

  • Avyan21 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aveon13 in the US (2017)
  • Ayvion10 in the US (2017)
  • Avyon9 in the US (2017)
  • Aveion8 in the US (2017)
  • Aavyan6 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Avien

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