Wiktionary
n. (given name female from=Old English).
Wikipedia
Averil is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Everilda or Averil, Anglo-Saxon saint of the 7th century
- Averil Beaumont or Margaret Raine Hunt, author
- Averil Cameron (born 1940), Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine History
- Averil Ives or Ida Pollock, British writer
- Averil Leimon, author and executive coach
- Averil Margaret Lysaght (1905–1981), New Zealand biologist, science historian and illustrator
- Lana Morris or Averil Maureen Anita Morris (1930–1998), British actress
- Averil Power (born 1978), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
Usage examples of "averil".
I re-wrote it and sent it in - but I never really thought it could be accepted because it had no plot," said Anne, recalling the bitter experience of Averil's Atonement.
None of the plots that suggested themselves suited a girl named Averil.
Averil was so real to me that no matter what other name I tried to give her I just thought of her as Averil behind it all.
In her secret soul she thought that the beautiful, poetical things said to Averil would win any girl's heart completely.
Besides, it was gruesome to hear of AVERIL, the stately, queen-like AVERIL, "pitching" any one.
I re-wrote it and sent it in—but I never really thought it could be accepted because it had no plot," said Anne, recalling the bitter experience of Averil's Atonement.
The silvery rails that thread through the walls and ceilings are artificial solar light sufficient to keep us awake and fed through the night, and if you look to the horizon you'll see the River Averil coming in.