The story behind Averil
A rare variant of the 7th century saint's name Everild, from Old English eofor (“boar”) + hild (“battle”).
Pronunciation
US English (ARPAbet): EY1 V ER0 IH0 L / EY1 V R IH0 L
This is a US English dictionary reading of the spelling; personal pronunciations may differ. Digits mark stress: 0 is unstressed, 1 is primary, 2 is secondary. Pronunciation source and notation.
Popularity
Averil ranked #14832 in US for 2014.
Source: SSA national baby names
Names Similar to Averil
Abigail
From Hebrew אֲבִיגַיִל (avigáyil, “Abigail”, literally “my Father's joy” or “fountain of joy”). a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abigail Borrowed from…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
- same syllable count
- similar length
Abigaíl
Borrowed from Hebrew אֲבִיגַיִל (avigáyil, “Abigail”, literally “her Father's joy, or, fountain of joy”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
- same syllable count
- similar length
Amabel
Medieval English name apparently based on Latin amabilis (“lovable”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
- same syllable count
- similar length
Anatol
Learned borrowing from Latin Anatolius, from Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
- same syllable count
- similar length
Aníbal
Borrowed from Latin Hannibal, Annibal, from Punic 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ḥnbʿl). Borrowed from Latin Hannibal.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
- same syllable count
- similar length
Annabel
Originally a mishearing or misreading of Latin amabilis (“lovable”) (= Amabel, Mabel), used since the 12th century and by folk etymology interpreted as Anna + belle, "beautiful…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
- same syllable count
- similar length
Middle Names for Averil
Alden
From Old English Ealdwine, from eald (“old”) + wine (“friend”); equivalent to Alwin. In some cases a variant of Haldane.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Aldwyth
From Old English eald (“old”) + gūþ (“battle”)
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends H
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Almer
Rare variant of Aylmer.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Sibling Names for Averil
Barney
From either the Old English personal name Bera (genitive singular Beran) or from Old English beren (“growing with barley”) + īeġ (“island”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Barton
From Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Baxter
From Middle English bakster, bakestre, from Old English bæcestre (“baker”), equivalent to bake + -ster.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length