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WDYTO Avi?
I know a few Avi of both genders, usually of Jewish background. WDYT? Is it better for a boy or a girl? Is it nicknamey on its own?
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I am Jewish, and have never encountered a female Avi. It just doesn't sound right to me...
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I think it's better for a boy, I don't really like it. It sounds like a nn, but I have no probs with it being on its own. It reminds me of 'Cousin Avi' from the movie Snatch.
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I only like it as a nn for both genders.
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I think it's quite handsome and literary for a boy--in the US, it's very much associated with Avi, the writer of children's and young adult books. He's written a bunch that're now considered classics, like The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Nothing But The Truth, and Crispin: The Cross of Lead. Avi was a nickname he picked up in childhood, however, rather than an example of the Avi in the database being used--his given name was Edward.It works for a girl, too, but I immediately think masculine when I hear it. I don't think it's too nicknamey at all, though now that I think of it, Aviva nn Avi would be supercute. ;)Array
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Is Edward.My brother met him at children's literary festival a few years back, and got a signed book from him The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle.
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I really like Avi for both genders but prefer it on a girl. (Its also a really cute nn for Aviva.)
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I knew a male Avi, short for Avram. Definitely all boy to me. It feels a little too nicknamey on its own, imo, but I've always been one for longer names.
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