Avi

Where Avi comes from

From Hebrew אבי (Ávi, “father”), chiefly as a diminutive of אַבְרָהָם (Avrahám, “Abraham, lit. father of a multitude or exalted father”) and אַבְנֵר (Avnér, “Abner, lit. father of light”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Avi
  • Hebrew
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1948
    Avi Arad born
    Israeli-American film producer
  2. 1949
    First appearance
    #3,690 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1956
    Avi Wigderson born
    Israeli mathematician and computer scientist
  4. 2022
    Peak, #720
    366 babies named Avi — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Avi Arad · Israeli-American film producer, born 1948
  • Avi Wigderson · Israeli mathematician and computer scientist, born 1956
  • Avi Shlaim · Israeli-British historian, born 1945
  • Avi Dichter · Israeli politician, born 1952
  • Avi Nash · American actor, born 1991

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.