Given name & surname
Avice
Avice is a variant of Ava. A secure original meaning for Ava has not been established.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Avice is a variant of Ava. A secure original meaning for Ava has not been established.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Avice is a variant of Ava. A possible Germanic origin connects Ava with names containing the element av, but the derivation is uncertain. Avice is a variant of Avis. Avis has been associated with Norman French and Germanic naming traditions. The precise derivation is uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English use, Avice is used as a spelling variant of Avis. Avice is a variant of Ava. The shared background comes through Ava: Ava may preserve a shortened Germanic compound name, or the modern form may have arisen independently.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Avice is a variant of Ava. The history of Ava gives this family its wider story. A ninth-century abbess was known as Ava or Avia. The link between that early use and the modern name is unclear; actress Ava Gardner later helped bring it wider attention.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Avice through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 184
- 0 boys · 184 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1939. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 117 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Avice’s family of names
Avice has a related form in Ava. Avice has an alternative spelling in Avis. Avice has a related form in Avis.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Avice
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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