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.

Avery Rank in US Top 1000

# 241 in the US

Avery Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 250 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Avery

• 241 US 2023
• 250 Nameberry 2025
• 181 Canada 2022
• 146 Future 2028
• 389 England 2023

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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

The name 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"