Avery

English
"ruler of the elves"

Avery Origin and Meaning

The name Avery is a boy's name of English origin meaning "ruler of the elves".

Avery is a unisex name that is used four times as often today for girls as for boys. But while Avery's popularity is starting to soften for girls, it continues to get stronger for boys -- in keeping with our finding that gender neutral names are becoming more favored for boys than for girls.

# 241 in the US

Avery Rank in US Top 1000

# 344 on Nameberry

Avery Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Avery Popularity

Famous People Named Avery

  • Avery Lawrence Schreiber
    American comedian
  • Avery DeWitt Johnson
    American basketball coach
  • Avery Franklin Brooks
    American actor
  • Avery Brundage
    American former president of the International Olympic Committee
  • Avery Antonio Bradley
    American NBA basketball player
  • Avery Robert Dulles
    American cardinal
  • Avery Storm (born Ralph Di Stasio)
    American R&B singer
  • (Branden) Avery Wilson
    American singer and "The Voice" contestant
  • Avery Robert Fisher
    American audio specialist who inspired the name of Avery Fisher Hall
  • Avery Jack Schelske (b. 1999)
    son of singer Sara Evans and Craig Schelske

Avery in Pop Culture

  • Avery Arable
    Fern's brother in E.B. White's "Charlotte's Web"
  • Avery Silas Barkley
    character on TV's "Nashville"
  • Avery Brown
    Murphy's son on TV's "Murphy Brown"
  • Avery Bullock
    Stan's boss on TV's "American Dad"
  • Avery Junior Johnson
    character in video game Halo
  • Avery Gifford
    indolent New Englander in Marquand's "Wickford Point" (1939)
  • Avery Carrington
    character in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  • Avery Connor
    character in graphic novel Wolverine & Elektra: The Redeemer
  • Avery
    Slytherin boy in the "Harry Potter" series
  • Avery
    character in the game "Hustle Cat"
  • Jackson Avery
    surgeon on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"