Avis

Avis é tanto um nome próprio, majoritariamente feminino mas também masculino, quanto um sobrenome. Nome próprio A forma mais antiga deste nome próprio feminino era o alemão antigo Haduwig, compreendendo os elementos hadu "batalha" e wig "luta": a forma original do nome feminino alemão moderno Hedwig, Haduwig foi modificado para Havoise pelos normandos e, após a Invasão Normanda, o nome ocorreu frequentemente na Inglaterra ao longo da Idade Média, sendo a forma padrão em inglês médio do nome Hawise. Como nome próprio feminino nos tempos modernos, Avis está associado ao latim avis, que significa "pássaro", embora a grafia Avice seja às vezes encontrada. Pessoas com o nome próprio incluem: Avis Acres (1910–1994), New Zealand children's author and illustrator Avis Bohlen (born 1940), American diplomat, former Ambassador to Bulgaria Avis Bunnage (1923–1990), British actress Avis DeVoto (1904–1989), American editor and collaborator with Julia Child Avis M. Dry (1922–2007), clinical psychologist and author on the psychology of Carl Jung Avis Favaro (born 1958), Canadian TV medical correspondent Avis Gray (born 1954), Canadian politician Avis Higgs (1918–2016), New Zealand textile designer and painter Avis Hotchkiss, American pioneering motorcyclist who made a round-trip journey from New York to San Francisco with her daughter in 1915 Avis Kimble (born 1944), American model Avice Landone (1910–1976), British actress Avis McIntosh (born 1938), New Zealand former sprinter Avis Miller (born 1945), American model and Playboy Playmate Avis Newman (born 1946), English painter and sculptor Avis Red Bear, American journalist Avis Tucker (1915–2010), American owner and publisher of The Daily Star-Journal newspaper Avis Stearns Van Wagenen (1841–1907), a partner in E. C. Stearns & Company Avis Wyatt (born 1984), American male former basketball player Sobrenome David Avis (born 1951), Canadian and British computer scientist Gary Avis, English ballet dancer with The Royal Ballet Isis Avis Loren, Australian drag queen Paul Avis (born 1947), Anglican priest, theologian and ecumenist Samuel B. Avis (1872–1924), American politician Warren Avis (1915–2007), the founder of Avis Rent A Car