Aveline

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Aveline is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• French81%

  hazelnut, filbert

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  Grosse noisette qui tire son nom d’Abella ou Avella, en Campanie.

  as a name·2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)

  du nom de personne féminin Aveline.

  as a name·Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

• English12%

  OFr Aveline, OG Avelina (f), a double diminutive of OG Avo; first attested Auelina 1175–86 Holme (Nf)

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

  Auelina 1175–86 Holme (Nf), 1327 SRC; Henry Avelin 1279 RH (C); Reginald Auelyn 1296 SRSx. OFr Aveline, OG Avelina (f), a double diminutive of OG Avo.

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

  Old French; from aveline ‘hazelnut’

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Aveline, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Delphine
• Coralie
• Callista
• Evangeline
• Emmeline

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

• Pierre-Alexandre Avelineb. 1702FRFrench engraver and printmaker
• Claude Avelineb. 1901FRFrench writer (1901-1992)
• Jean-Marc Avelineb. 1958FRFrench cardinal (1958-)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

49 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 29 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

How do you pronounce Aveline?

In French /a.vlin/ (Wiktionary).

Where does the name Aveline come from?

OFr Aveline, OG Avelina (f), a double diminutive of OG Avo; first attested Auelina 1175–86 Holme (Nf) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.

What are other forms of the name Aveline?

In the etymology graph, it is recorded as a short form of Avila.

What does the name Aveline mean?

In French, hazelnut, filbert

How common is the name Aveline?

In Switzerland, the national register counted 3 people named Aveline in 2024, about 1 in 2.8 million residents.

Which countries have the most people with the surname Aveline?

Mondonomo estimates about 2.0 thousand people named Aveline in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled aveline. After it come Brazil, United States, United Kingdom and Canada; the country table on this page ranks them.