Avi

Meaning: Father of multitudes; some scholars read 'father is exalted'
Origin: Hebrew — Variant of 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) · #857 in Ireland (2025) · #1,323 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #1,472 in France (2025) · #1,076 in Canada (2024).

Famous Avis

Avi Arad — Israeli-American film producer
Avi Wigderson — Israeli mathematician and computer scientist
Avi Cohen — Israeli football player-manager (1956–2010)
Avi Loeb — Israeli astrophysicist (born 1962)
Avi Shlaim — Israeli-British historian (born 1945)

In stories & tradition

Avi del Barça^es — Mascot of FC Barcelona
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.

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

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