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. ;)
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