Averil

Where Averil comes from

A rare variant of the 7th century saint's name Everild, from Old English eofor (“boar”) + hild (“battle”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Averil
  • Old English
Along the way
  1. 1895
    First appearance
    #1,202 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1896
    Peak, #1,122
    9 babies named Averil — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1897
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1981
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Old English.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.