Avis

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Means "opinion, point of view, thoughts" in French.

Avis DeVoto (1904 – 1989) was an American culinary editor, book reviewer, and cook. She was highly influential in editing and guiding two famous cookbooks to publication: Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking and the US edition of the British food writer Elizabeth David's Italian Food.

Daniel O'Connell, the famous "Liberator" of Ireland, had a cousin called Avis McCarthy (Mrs Avis Nuttal). Her brother was a colonel in the Irish Brigade and she survived her husband, a captain, for 70 years, dying in 1843 at the age of 101.

According to howmanyofme.com, there are 86 people in the U.S. named Avis Davis.

How about Avis and Mavis as names for twins?

Means newspaper in Norwegian.

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(Aviser is newspapers, avisen is the newspaper, avisene is the newspapers).

"Avis" is also French for "opinion".

A famous bearer name is Avis Crocombe.

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.

'Avis' is Latin for 'bird'.

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 :)

Avis is a spell in Harry Potter! (AAAAAAH, will I EVER get those books out of my mind?!) Sorry, got a bit off topic there. Personally, I think this name is really cute. :)

This is the name of the second dynasty in Portuguese History. Dynasty of Avis (or Aviz), also called Joanina, was created by John I, Master of Avis.

Avis is a slang for "jealous" in Swedish.

It says in my book of names that this name is of Teutonic origin, and it says that it means "a refugee in trouble". Quite a common name in the gypsy community.

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.

This means "newspaper" in Danish.

Avis is a rent-a-car business known globally. That probably hasn't helped its popularity any, though Avis had gone out of style by the time of the company's inception! :)

The word "avis" means "sheep" in Lithuanian.