Avi

Meaning: My father
Origin: Hebrew — Also a short form of names such as Avraham

Boy's name · #832 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Avi is climbing: on the charts since 1949, it is ranked #832 in 2025, with about 300 boys given the name last year. Roughly 6,100 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 19 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#593 in England & Wales (2025) · #829 in Ireland (2025) · #885 in Canada (2025) · #1,323 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #1,472 in France (2025) · #2,053 in Austria (2025) · #7,492 in Italy (2024) · #806 in Netherlands (2023) · #615 in Poland (2020) · #1,405 in Belgium (2018) · #3,948 in Ecuador (2018).

Famous Avis

Avi Arad — Israeli-American film and television producer (born 1948)
Avi Wigderson — Israeli computer scientist and mathematician (born 1956)
Avi Loeb — Israeli astrophysicist (born 1962)
Avi Lewis — Canadian politician (born 1967)
Avi Nash — American actor (born 1991)

In stories & tradition

Avi^ja — Mascot of Avispa Fukuoka

What Avis become

Among 282 notable people named Avi:

Business leaders appear 2.36× more often than among typical names — e.g. Avi Gabbai, Israeli businessman and politician (born 1967).

Similar names: Avraham · Zev · Aviel · Navy · Yisroel · Tzvi

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