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Dictionary of
Family Names
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Origin and Etymology of the Surname AVES, AVIS,
AVISON.
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From
A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley,
A. Bardsley, 1901,
and, History of Christian Names,
by Charlotte Yonge, 1884, and,
An Etymological Dictionary of
Family and Christian Names, by William Arthur, M. A., 1857.
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AVES, AVIS, AVISON.
Bardsley has: A baptismal name meaning "the son of Avis,"
originally Hawisia or Hawoyse. This very soon settled into Avicia, Avice,
or Avis. It was decidedly popular for several centuries. (For
history of the name, v. Yonge, ii. 212.)
Arthur has: AVIS.
Avis, in French, is a projector, schemer, busy-body. Avus,
Latin, a grandfather, ancestor. Avis, a bird.
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