This name was rare outside of England.
The English form Auis is witnessed in 1379 in the relational byname Auissoñ (WRYPT1 p. 166).
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1181 Auicia (nom) StPaulDom p. 117;
1189 Avice (gen) GASurv p. 166,
Avicia (nom) ibid. p. 109;
1222 Avicia (nom) StPaulDom p. 66;
1240 Auicia (nom) ibid. p. 119;
1279–80 Avicia (nom) WaHR-SK p. 31,
Avicie (gen) ibid. p. 70;
1300 Avicia (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 239;
1340xc1450 Auicia (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 6,
Auisia (nom) ibid. p. 13;
1379 Auicia (nom) WRYPT1 p. 20,
Auisia (nom) ibid. p. 5,
Auysia (nom) ibid. p. 8;
1408 Avisia (nom) GCCYork p.12;
1553 Avise (nom) StMartF p. 57;
1557 Avis (nom) ibid. p. 59
- Middle English
- ● 1406 Avys EEW p. 13;
1426 Aueys ibid. p. 76
- Early Modern English
- ● 1530 Auys LIWill-III p. 14,
Avys ibid. p. 14;
1539 Aves BarnstapleBap p. 1,
Avys ibid. p. 1;
1540 Avys ibid. p. 2;
1541 Aves ibid. p. 2,
Avysse ibid. p. 2;
1542 Avys HAmar-vol9 p. 2;
1545 Avys BarnstapleBap p. 4;
1554 Avis bruton1 p. 2;
1560 Avis StMaryA p. 3;
1561 Avis HAmar-vol9 p. 67,
bruton1 p. 31;
1563 Avis BUmar-vol2 p. 60;
1564 Auis StMaryA p. 4;
1569 Avis CAmar-vol1 p. 2;
1571 Avis HAmar-vol9 p. 68;
1572 Avis ibid. p. 68,
bruton1 p. 113;
1574 Aves COmar-vol5 p. 5;
1577 Avis RegBisham p. 4;
1584 Avis StAnthonlin p. 31,
bruton1 p. 8;
1585 Avis ibid. p. 46;
1587 Avice ibid. p. 47,
Avis ibid. p. 47;
1588 Avis HAmar-vol9 p. 139;
1589 Avice COmar-vol2 p. 49,
Avis HAmar-vol9 p. 50,
bruton1 p. 119;
1590 Avis BEmar-vol2 p. 31,
HAmar-vol9 p. 140,
bruton1 p. 49;
1591 Avis HAmar-vol9 p. 50;
1592 Avys COmar-vol5 p. 9;
1593 Avis StAnthonlin p. 36,
Avise HAmar-vol9 p. 51;
1595 Avis BUmar-vol2 p. 118,
bruton1 p. 122;
1596 Avis ibid. p. 55;
1598 Avice ibid. p. 56,
Avis ibid. p. 11;
1599 Aves COmar-vol5 p. 11,
Avis HAmar-vol9 p. 140
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1255x1256 Avice (gen) NDParisII 2-CXIII;
1260 Avicia (nom) ArrestReg-volI IX, Candlemas,
Avicie (dat) ibid. IX, Candlemas;
1301 Avisse (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 207,
Avissia (nom) ibid. p. 220
- Old French
- ● 1313 Avice Paris1313 p. 155
Cite as: N. Shiel, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Avice". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Avice.