Avner
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AHV-ner
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Avner is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my father is light”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Avner mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Abner
“my father is light”
Hebrew form of Abner, commander of King Saul's army in the Books of Samuel.
Is Avner a girl's or a boy's name?
Avner is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Avner in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Avner, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2015, with 4 boys.
2025 had more boys named Avner than any year since 2015.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Avner in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
How popular is Avner in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Avner, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1921.
2025 had more boys named Avner than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Avner in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Avner in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
Names like Avner
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Avi Avyaan Aveer Shivansh Advik Krishiv Ivaan Aviraj Vihaan Veer Yuvraj
Names related to Avner
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Avner: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/avner, updated 20 October 2026.