Avis

My first name is Avis. Many years passed before I became comfortable with my name. Now I am very happy with Avis, and I smile.

I LOVE the name Avis! If I have a daughter her name will be Avis Malia. I imagine a girl named Avis as being strong-willed and independent, but also loving and compassionate.

For some reason this sounds like a boy's name to me. But I think it's be a good name for a tomboy :)

This name always makes me think of Averice. Isn't that one of the seven deadly sins?

I agree. But it also reminds me of a tomboyish little girl running around outside. It also reminds me of the air. But both of these combined, I suppose it would become something like "bird," which is a really poor meaning for a name, like "bee" (Melissa).

I really like this name. It brings to mind a woman who is strong and determined, and perhaps a little wild.

My great-grandmother's name was Avis. I think it sounds more like a man's name. Not a woman's.

This means "newspaper" in Danish. So it's funny to me in that way, since every time I see this name, I think of that.