Avi Explained

Avi is a given name, usually masculine, often a diminutive of Avram, Avraham, etc. It is sometimes feminine and a diminutive of the Hebrew spelling of Abigail.

People with the given name include:

• Avi (born 1937), Newbery award-winning American author
• Avi Arad (born 1948), Israeli-American businessman, founder, chairman and CEO of Marvel Studios
• Avi Avital (born 1978), Israeli mandolin player and composer
• Avi Beker (1952–2015), Israel-American political scientist
• Avi Bell, Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law and Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law
• Avi Ben-Chimol (born 1985), Israeli basketball player
• Avi Cohen (1956–2010), Israeli footballer
• Avi Cohen (footballer, born 1962), Israeli former footballer
• Avi Dichter (born 1952), Israeli politician, former Minister of Internal Security, Minister of Home Front Defense and Shin Bet director
• Avi Gabai (born 1967), Israeli politician, former Minister of Environmental Protection (2015–2016)
• Avi Ivgi (born 1978), Israeli football goalkeeper
• Avi Kornick (born 1983), Israeli actor
• Avi Kaplan (born 1989), American-Jewish a capella singer and songwriter
• Avi Lerner (born 1947), American-Israeli film producer
• Avi Lewis (born 1968), Canadian documentary filmmaker and former TV host
• Avi Loeb (born 1962), Israeli-American theoretical physicist
• Avi Nesher (born 1953), Israeli film producer, director, screenwriter and actor
• Avi Nimni (born 1972), Israeli former footballer
• Avi Pazner (born 1937), Israeli retired diplomat
• Avi Peretz (footballer) (born 1971), Israeli former footballer
• Avi Peretz (singer) (born 1966), Israeli singer in Mizrahi music tradition
• Avi Ran (1963–1987), Israeli footballer
• Avi Rikan (born 1988), Israeli footballer
• Avi Rubin (born 1967), American computer scientist and expert in systems and networking security
• Avi Sagild (1933–1995), Danish film actress
• Avi Schafer (born 1998), Japanese professional basketball player
• Avi Shlaim (born 1945), Israeli-British professor and historian
• Avi Soffer (born 1986), Israeli footballer
• Avi Strool (born 1980), Israeli retired footballer
• Avi Tikva (born 1976), Israeli former footballer
• Avi Toledano (born 1948), Israeli singer and songwriter, runner-up in the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest
• Avi Wallerstein, Canadian ophthalmologist and laser eye surgeon, co-founder of LASIK MD
• Avi Weiss (born 1944), American rabbi, author, teacher, lecturer and activist
• Avi Wigderson (born 1956), Israeli mathematician and computer scientist
• Avi Wortzman (born 1970), Israeli politician, former Deputy Minister of Education (2013–2014)
• Avi Yehezkel (born 1958), Israeli former politician
• Avi Yehiel (born 1979), Israeli footballer