Averil is a girl's name of English origin meaning “boar and battle.” In England & Wales it was given to 3 girls in 1996.
Averil belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “boar and battle” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Averil first appears in Social Security records in 1895. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1131 in 1896, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 403 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Averil means “boar and battle” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Averil is a girl name. In England & Wales, 3 babies received the name in 1996.
Averil comes from the English & American tradition.
Averil first appears in US records in 1895. Its best-ever ranking was #1131 in 1896, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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