Meaning and history
Probably a Latinized form of the Germanic name Aveza, which was derived from the element awi, of unknown meaning. The Normans brought this name to England, where it became moderately common during the Middle Ages and was then associated with Latin avis, meaning “bird.”
20062006: 6 births, rank #15,152
2007: 12 births, rank #9,539
2008: 12 births, rank #9,476
2009: 8 births, rank #12,429
2010: no US SSA record for this spelling
20112011: no US SSA record for this spelling
2012: 10 births, rank #10,429
2013: no US SSA record for this spelling
2014: 9 births, rank #10,955
2015: 14 births, rank #8,008
20162016: 8 births, rank #11,781
2017: 14 births, rank #7,840
2018: 16 births, rank #7,100
2019: 8 births, rank #11,356
2020: 12 births, rank #8,406
20212021: 12 births, rank #8,464
2022: 12 births, rank #8,542
2023: 13 births, rank #8,055
2024: 11 births, rank #8,946
20252025: 6 births, rank #13,208
Avis rose from #922 to #890 for girls between 1965 and 1966. Its highest annual birth count came in 1920, with 438 births.