Girl or boy · Old English, through Norman French
Avery
Say it: AY-ver-ee
Meaning
From an English surname derived from Alfred (Old English ælf 'elf' and rǣd 'counsel') through Norman French.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A boys' surname-name that has become mainly a girls' name in the US since the 2000s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 199,364 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2014, about 1 in 186 girls
- 8,471 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Averie, Averey
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Where this comes from
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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