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Averill

OriginEnglish
Meaning"boar battle"
GenderBoy & girl
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About Averill

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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Averill is an ancient name, most properly spelled Averil, that has a Boston Brahmin air – probably due to the image of statesman Averill Harriman. It's of the rare English surname names that originally derived from a female given name: Eoforhild (Everild), meaning "boar battle".

Pronounced AV-uh-ril.

As of October 2026, Averill ranked #13205 for girls in US births in 2005 and #12283 for boys in US births in 2014 SSA, peaked at #3011 for girls in 1912 and #2854 for boys in 1913.

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