Avalon Forename

145,976th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 2,548 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Avalon Forename Definition:

A Celtic name, meaning: In legend, the Isle of Souls or Land of the Blessed, an earthly paradise somewhere in the western seas.

Avalon Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
 
85%
1,0301:351,97810,414
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
4131:3,296616
Canada
100%
1591:208,3867,824
Netherlands
 
92%
1571:107,6575,399
New Zealand-1421:31,9442,059
Australia-1361:100,4243,607
South Africa
 
86%
831:657,02028,784
England
 
71%
781:712,85813,412
DR Congo
100%
551:1,342,32036,691
India
100%
421:28,925,666600,494
Russia
76%
 
331:4,370,71822,313
Brazil
100%
251:8,569,446111,821
Qatar-201:118,48012,874
Philippines
87%
 
161:6,625,592105,856
Kazakhstan
50%
 
91:1,971,87215,474
Thailand
100%
81:8,758,227128,595
Italy
82%
 
81:7,632,76127,464
Zimbabwe
67%
 
81:1,927,97754,057
Cayman Islands-71:8,7571,332
Sweden
100%
71:1,408,27224,832
Scotland-71:764,3388,248
China-61:227,675,96474,319
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 
60%
61:18,5972,290
Nigeria
100%
51:35,512,872242,191
Guyana-41:190,81611,826
Saint Kitts and Nevis-41:13,7151,549
Ghana-41:6,746,5548,075
Fiji-41:223,0942,508
Bahrain-41:337,1684,986
Wales
100%
41:773,5778,486
Grenada
50%
 
31:36,0422,687
Germany
67%
 
31:32,225,95964,270
South Korea-31:1,848,14023,578
United Arab Emirates-31:2,383,99875,650
Belgium
100%
31:3,830,01425,398
Spain-31:15,509,98821,126
Papua New Guinea
67%
 
31:2,717,438132,395
Azerbaijan
100%
31:3,214,31527,427
Saint Lucia
100%
21:88,9085,280
Singapore-21:3,143,52727,876
Nepal-21:14,243,67686,069
Taiwan-21:11,884,841132,786
Malaysia
100%
21:15,224,970260,513
Jamaica-21:1,441,61415,741
Hong Kong-21:3,876,36213,851
Denmark-21:2,824,74921,465
Switzerland
50%
 
11:8,213,49636,387
Tonga-11:107,436779
Transnistria-11:475,6382,115
Uganda-11:40,956,920131,348
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
Mexico-11:124,144,427140,512
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Anguilla-11:13,2551,687
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Bosnia and Herzegovina-11:3,524,4588,651
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Costa Rica-11:4,767,94827,206
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Malta-11:429,3603,141
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Peru-11:31,791,454110,866
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537

Avalon (756) may also be a surname.

Avalon Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Celtic name, meaning: In legend, the Isle of Souls or Land of the Blessed, an earthly paradise somewhere in the western seas.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

A Celtic name, meaning: Isle of souls.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Avalon Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

Avalon Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Avalon in the Russian language
Авалонavalon-

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