Averil Forename

96,164th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 5,004 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Averil Forename Definition:

A female name. Everild (Latin Everildis), the name of a 7th-C Yorkshire saint, is probably a compound of Old English eofor ‘boar', hyld ‘favour'. There is a well- attested cognate Old German Eburhilt (other forms are Eburhild, Eberhild, Eurohildis, Eurildis).

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Averil Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England
100%
1,8481:30,0881,684
United States
 
71%
7621:475,77012,786
South Africa
 
93%
6271:86,9747,413
Sri Lanka-2861:72,7246,418
Wales
100%
2341:13,224924
New Zealand-2261:20,0711,574
Scotland
100%
1441:37,1551,333
Jamaica-1371:21,0451,708
Australia-1231:111,0383,798
Canada-1011:328,05310,174
Philippines
59%
 
681:1,558,96337,140
Israel
 
95%
631:133,3805,039
India
 
92%
511:23,821,137529,308
Ireland
 
80%
471:98,7982,469
Trinidad and Tobago
 
96%
331:41,2553,938
Barbados-281:10,3501,088
Guyana
 
94%
251:30,5303,308
Malaysia
 
89%
221:1,384,08844,593
Zimbabwe
100%
221:701,08328,034
Saint Kitts and Nevis
 
89%
201:2,743590
Antigua and Barbuda-181:5,5221,017
France
 
67%
161:4,154,39618,164
Northern Ireland
 
67%
151:122,8761,568
United States Virgin Islands-101:10,9751,397
Singapore-101:628,70512,270
British Virgin Islands-61:5,208987
Belize
50%
 
51:70,8624,575
Qatar-51:473,92138,106
Belgium
 
67%
41:2,872,51022,632
United Arab Emirates-41:1,787,99844,562
Chile
100%
41:4,401,80221,957
Norway-31:1,710,77619,445
Spain-31:15,509,98821,126
Brazil-31:71,412,051442,691
Pakistan
100%
21:97,178,840228,758
Taiwan-21:11,884,841132,786
Thailand
100%
21:35,032,906298,615
Mexico
50%
 
21:62,072,21496,650
Saint Lucia
100%
21:88,9085,280
Italy-21:30,531,04557,596
Germany
100%
21:48,338,93872,742
Hong Kong-21:3,876,36213,851
Anguilla-11:13,2551,687
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
Switzerland-11:8,213,49636,387
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Cook Islands-11:18,1531,349
Netherlands
100%
11:16,902,08343,152
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Egypt-11:91,900,94653,283
Isle of Man
100%
11:85,023723
Indonesia-11:257,963,6681,335,696
Guam-11:160,6463,210

Averil (103) may also be a surname.

Averil Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A female name. Everild (Latin Everildis), the name of a 7th-C Yorkshire saint, is probably a compound of Old English eofor ‘boar', hyld ‘favour'. There is a well- attested cognate Old German Eburhilt (other forms are Eburhild, Eberhild, Eurohildis, Eurildis). Everild was not uncommon in the Middle Ages and was in use as late as the 17th C; it is still occasionally used in Yorkshire. But the usual form of the name is now Averil; Averell appears in 1604 in a Yorkshire list of recusants, side by side with the form Everild.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

AVERYL, AVRIL, AVERILL A. ‘Wild-boar battle-maid,’ it has a male companion in Everard, q. v. It is a contraction of Everilda, q. v. Thus we cannot relate it to French avril, April, tempting though such an etymology be.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A Teutonic name, meaning: The fearless. (Anglo-saxon) An­cient name of April.

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

Averil Forename Popularity

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