Avie
Girl name · 21 babies recorded · 1974–2025
Avie: 21 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 7 births in 2021.
A diminutive of several names including Ava and Avril, Avie likely draws from the Latin *avis*, meaning “bird,” which also connects it to the medieval Scottish form Avey. Its most famous bearer is Avie Lee Owens, the mother of country legend Dolly Parton, whose Appalachian roots gave the name a wholesome, folkloric charm. Less widely known, Avie Tevanian was a key software engineer at Apple, helping develop macOS. Place connections are scarce, though the root *avis* appears in place names such as Aviemore, a Highland town sharing the same Gaelic-borrowed bird symbolism. In Scotland, Avie remains a rare but gentle choice, often considered a southern variant of Evie or Aivie, and has enjoyed sporadic use since the 1990s as a fresh, concise alternative to longer vowel-heavy names.
Girl 4 of 52 years
- Peak year
- 20217 babies
- Latest (2025)
- #5395 babies
- Total births
- 21since 2021
- 5-year trend
- ≈ stablevs prior 5y