Given name & surname

Avita

Avita is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Avita isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Avita through the years

Babies since 1880
55
0 boys · 55 girls
Most popular year
1981
15 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02.557.51020002025Highest share 19810.0
Avita in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1981–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 178 as a first name in 2020; 104 as a surname in 2010.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Avita, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

Jacinta

“resembling a hyacinth” · “resembling the hyacinth”

27RareSteady

>99% girls

Latin

Amity

“a dear friendship”

28RareRising

>99% girls

Greek · Nature

Adria

“man from Hadria” · “a man from Hadria”

33RareSteady

>99% girls

Hebrew

Alona

“one who is as strong as an oak”

30RareEasing

>99% girls

Yoruban · Mythological

Aja

30RareEasing

1% boys · 99% girls

Arabic

Talitha

“a maiden; young girl”

30RareEasing

>99% girls

African

Fanta

“born on a beautiful day”

26RareSteady

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Avita’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Avita

A sister for Avita