| [ 3 syll. a-ve-ry, av-ery ] The girl name Avery is also used as a boy name, though it is more popular for girls. It is pronounced EYVeriy KEY. Avery has its origins in the Old French language and it is used largely in English. It represents the transferred use of the surname as a given name. See Avery for more info. The spelling variants Aeverie (English) and Averie (English) are forms of the name. Avery is very popular as a baby girl name, and it is also regarded as trendy. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1980s; prior to that, it was of only infrequent use. At the modest peak of its usage in 2007, 0.255% of baby girls were named Avery. It had a ranking of #48 then. Out of all girl names in its family, Avery was the most popular in 2007. Avery was 15 times more widely used than the next ranked name, the English Averie, in that year. Although Avery is today more frequently used for girls, there was a period prior to 1997 when more boys were given the name. After 1998, increasingly the name became more popular with girls than with boys. There were 3 times more girls than boys who were named Avery in 2006. KEY: Pronunciation for Avery: EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"
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