Avis

A unisex name of Latin origin, meaning bird.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Avis by the numbers

Avis was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 438 babies in 1920, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Avimy father65 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arisbest, most excellent; form of aristos113 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Avivspring; springtime34 in the US (2017)
  • Alvisnoble friend; a form of Alvin13 in the US (2017)
  • Adis6 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a bird

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

  • Avalife; bird15,914 in the US (2017)
  • Gavinwhite hawk4,134 in the US (2017)
  • Jonahdove2,523 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)
  • Corbinraven; from corvus1,434 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Avis

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