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Around the globe, Avant (Divan , Avan , Avant ) is a common mostly male, but infrequently female given name. The first name Avant is habitual in Iraq, where it is quite a common dominantly girly, but infrequently male name, India, where it is quite a rare principally male, but very seldom female name, and South Africa, where it is quite a rare masculine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in India, Iraq, and Indonesia. Likewise, Avant is the last name as well as the forename.
Avant is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .