Last name origin & meaning: English: possibly a habitational name from a settlement on one of
the rivers or small streams called Avon or Aven. These river names
derive from the Celtic word for ‘river’, as reflected in Welsh
afon and Gaelic abhainn. The modern surname is
concentrated in Somerset and Wiltshire, England, suggesting it is
associated chiefly with the Avon river that rises on the
Gloucester-Wiltshire border and flows through Wiltshire and Somerset
into the Severn. This name appears in the following lists:
Lakes and Rivers
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