Avon Family History

English: habitational name from Avon (Wiltshire) or Little or Middle Avon (Gloucestershire) both named from the river on which they stand or possibly a habitational name from a settlement on one of the rivers or small streams called Avon or Aven. These river names derive from the Celtic word for ‘river’ as reflected in Welsh afon and Gaelic abhainn. The modern surname is concentrated in Somerset and Wiltshire England suggesting it is associated chiefly with the Avon river that rises on the Gloucester-Wiltshire border and flows through Wiltshire and Somerset into the Severn.

English: from the Middle English female personal name Avine which is probably a pet form of Avis.

French: habitational name from Avon the name of two places in Aube and Seine-et-Marne.

French: from the Latin personal name Abundus from the adjective abundus ‘abundant’ favored by early Christians because it was expressing a desire to excel in the love of God.