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 [ 2 syll. a-vis, av-is ] The girl name Avis is pronounced EYVIHS KEY. 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. A variation of Avis is the German Aveza. In addition, Avis is an English variation of the German Hedwig. 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 Czech names Evka, Evza, and Evzicka. KEY: 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)"   |
