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[ 2 syll. a-vis, av-is ] The girl name Avis is pronounced EYVIHS †. Avis is of Germanic origin and it is used mainly in English. Avis' meaning is 'bird, desired'. An older form of the name is Aveza (Germanic). Aveza was introduced to England by the Normans, and is itself from various names starting with 'Av-' and containing the element avi ('desired') of uncertain meaning. However, this origin is debated. Avis was popular in the late Middle Ages, as it was often associated with the Latin feminine noun avis ('bird'). In literature, a form of the name has appeared in the Thomas Hardy novel The Well-Beloved (1897) as the name of the fictional character Avice Caro. In addition, Avis is an English variation of the German Hedwig.
Variations of Avis include the name Avais, the German Aveza, the name Avi, the Hebrew Avia, the name Aviana, the name Avianca, the name Aviance, the name Avianna, and the name Avys. Another form of the name is the English spelling variant Avice. See also the related forms, the German Ava and the English Avila. Avis is uncommon as a baby name for girls. At the modest height of its usage in 1912, 0.061% of baby girls were named Avis. It ranked at #238 then. The baby name has since fallen out of favor, and is used only on an infrequent scale now. Within all girl names in its group, Avis was nevertheless the most regularly used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Avis include the name Avys, the Czech Evka, the Czech Evza, the name Abequa, and the Czech Evzicka.
† Pronunciation for Avis: EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
