Averil
About Averil
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.
Pronounced AV-er-il.
As of October 2026, Averil ranked #14828 in US births in 2014 SSA, peaked at #1131 in 1896.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Averil on lists
Famous Averils
- Averil Maureen Anita "Lana" Morris
English actress
- Averil Ives
pseudonym for English romance writer Ida Pollock
- Averil Leimon
Scottish psychologist and writer
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.