Submitted Name Revision History

The origin of this Frisian name is uncertain; it is such a shortened and transformed form of certain names that it is very difficult to tell what the original name(s) must have been. Ave is usually said to be a short form of names that contained the Old Norse element #âlfr# (#alb# in Old High German) "elf" - but this cannot be said with certainty. The name might be related to Gothic #aviliud# "thanks."