Averil

AV-er-il, AV-ril

English

"boar battle"

Averil Origin and Meaning

The name Averil is a girl's name of English origin meaning "boar battle".

One of the rare English surname names originally derived from a female given name: Eoforhild (Everild), meaning "boar battle". Also spelled Averill, it's an extremely rare choice today, but shares sounds with fashionable Ava and Avery.

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Famous People Named Averil

• Averil Maureen Anita "Lana" Morris English actress
• Averil Ives pseudonym for English romance writer Ida Pollock
• Averil Leimon Scottish psychologist and writer

The name Averil in Pop Culture

• Averil Lester heroine of "Averil's Atonement", a story written by Anne Shirley in "Anne of Avonlea" by L.M. Montgomery
• Variations: Averilda Averill, Averilla, Avril, Everelda, Everell, Everil, Everild, Everilda, Everildis, Everill, etc.
• A vernacular form of Everild (the name of a 7th century English saint); it survived for centuries in Yorkshire.