Given name & surname
Avy
“The Lord is my father”
Avy is a variant of Avi. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord is my father.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Avy is a variant of Avi. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord is my father.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Avy is a variant of Avi. An origin associated with Avi is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Avy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 477
- 16 boys · 461 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #7,948 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,948 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 6.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 27 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 524 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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.
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