Save Gender Feminine Usage Breton (Gallicized, Rare), French (Rare) Pronounced Pron. a-vay-NEE(Breton) A-VAY-NEE(French) [key] Other Forms FormsAouen (m), Aven, Avena, Avenia (Latinized), Awen, Awena, Awenig (diminutive) Meaning & History French variant of Awen. Saint Avénie was a sister of the 9th-century Achaean saint Benoît of Massérac.