Avir

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 14 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
14
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1798
14 babies

Avir by the numbers

In 2025, 14 babies in England and Wales were named Avir. In the US, 18 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 20 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Avir

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

  • Amirprince or commander2,620 in the US (2017)
  • Avimy father65 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Abirfragrant; perfume37 in the US (2017)
  • Avivspring; springtime34 in the US (2017)
  • Aviksun7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Asirdifficult, hard, challenging24 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Avir

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

  • Aveer45 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aavir9 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Avir

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