Avi
Hebrew for "my father". Barely used in Poland: only about a hundred people carry it, nearly all of them men, and most Poles have never met one.
Avi Pronunciation
What Avi means
Where Avi comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Avi comes from Hebrew. The word av means father. Add the possessive ending and you get avi, my father, mój ojciec in Polish. The short meaning and the origin say almost the same thing.
The name belongs to Jewish tradition, where av runs through the vocabulary of family and descent. In the Hebrew Bible, that element appears in personal names and in blessings about lineage. Avi has long stood on its own as a given name in Hebrew-speaking communities, and the same root builds fuller names such as Aviel, which reads as God is my father. The meaning here stays literal. It names a person, my father.
Picture a Polish class register with Avi written in it. The name looks short and foreign, and a teacher might not guess its source. The Hebrew stays plain. Avi says my father.
How many people are named Avi
1 in 209276 men in Poland is named Avi. 104 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3344 among male names.
Avi's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Where parents choose Avi
Avi is most popular in Lower Silesian, 1275% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Lower Silesian
+1,275%1 in 78,567 babies
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Lower Silesian+1,275% 2 born1 in 78,567 babies+1,275%
Avi as a middle name
Avi is a first name for 104 men in Poland and a middle name for another 18, an 85/15 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2112th, between Atakan (18) and Bartholomew (18).