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Means "opinion, point of view, thoughts" in French.
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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.
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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.
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According to howmanyofme.com, there are 86 people in the U.S. named Avis Davis.
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How about Avis and Mavis as names for twins?
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Means newspaper in Norwegian.
(Aviser is newspapers, avisen is the newspaper, avisene is the newspapers).
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(Aviser is newspapers, avisen is the newspaper, avisene is the newspapers).
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"Avis" is also French for "opinion".
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A famous bearer name is Avis Crocombe.
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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.
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'Avis' is Latin for 'bird'.
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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.
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For some reason this sounds like a boy's name to me. But I think it's be a good name for a tomboy :)
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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. :)
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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.
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Avis is a slang for "jealous" in Swedish.
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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.
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This name always makes me think of Averice. Isn't that one of the seven deadly sins?
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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).
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I really like this name. It brings to mind a woman who is strong and determined, and perhaps a little wild.
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My great-grandmother's name was Avis. I think it sounds more like a man's name. Not a woman's.
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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.
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This means "newspaper" in Danish.
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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! :)
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The word "avis" means "sheep" in Lithuanian.
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