Avi is a given name, usually masculine, often a
diminutive
A diminutive is a word obtained by modifying a root word to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment, and sometimes to belittle s ...
of
Avram
Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrews, Hebrew Patriarchs (Bible), patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father who began the Covenant (biblical), covenanta ...
, Avraham, etc. It is sometimes feminine and a diminutive of the Hebrew spelling of
Abigail
Abigail () was an Israelite woman in the Hebrew Bible married to Nabal; she married the future King David after Nabal's death (1 Samuel ). Abigail was David's third wife, after Ahinoam and Saul's daughter, Michal, whom Saul later married to ...
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People with the given name include:
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Avi
Avi is a given name, usually masculine, often a diminutive of Avram (given name), Avram, Avraham, etc. It is sometimes feminine and a diminutive of the Hebrew spelling of Abigail (name), Abigail.
People with the given name include:
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(born 1937), Newbery award-winning American author
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Avi Arad
Avi Arad (; ; born August 1, 1948) is an Israeli-American studio executive and producer of film, television and animation. He became the CEO of Toy Biz in the 1990s, was the chief creative officer of Marvel Entertainment and is the founder, ...
(born 1948), Israeli-American businessman, founder, chairman and CEO of Marvel Studios
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Avi Avital
Avi Avital (; born 19 October 1978) is an Israeli mandolinist. He is best known for his renditions of well-known Baroque and folk music, much of which was originally written for other instruments. He has been nominated for a Grammy Award (Best I ...
(born 1978), Israeli mandolin player and composer
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Avi Beker
Avi Beker (; May 3, 1951 – June 4, 2015) was an Israeli writer, statesman, and academic. Beker served as secretary-general of the World Jewish Congress from 4 October 2001 to 14 October 2003.
Born in Tel Aviv in 1951, Avi Beker served in the Is ...
(1952–2015), Israel-American political scientist
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Avi Bell, professor of law at the University of San Diego School of Law and Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law
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Avi Ben-Chimol
Avraham "Avi" Ben-Chimol (; born May 22, 1985) is an Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Premier League. He was the Israeli Premier League Assists Leader in 2018 and 2019.
Early years
Ben-Chimol was born in K ...
(born 1985), Israeli basketball player
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Avi Cohen
Avraham "Avi" Cohen (; 14 November 1956 – 29 December 2010) was an Israeli footballer who played as a defender, and a manager. He was best known for his spells playing for two British clubs: Liverpool in England and Rangers in Scotland. Aft ...
(1956–2010), Israeli footballer
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Avi Cohen (footballer, born 1962)
Avraham "Avi" Cohen (; born 12 June 1962) is an Israeli former footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, right back. He is often referred as Avi Cohen II or Avi Cohen of Jerusalem to distinguish himself from the Avi C ...
(born 1962), Israeli former footballer
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Avi Dichter
Abraham Moshe "Avi" Dichter (, ; born 14 December 1952) is an Israeli politician currently serving as the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. A former Minister of Internal Security and Shin Bet director, he resigned from the Knesset ...
(born 1952), Israeli politician, former Minister of Internal Security, Minister of Home Front Defense and Shin Bet director
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Avi Gabai
Avraham "Avi" Gabbay (; born 22 February 1967) is an Israeli businessman and politician. He was CEO of the telecommunications company Bezeq from 2007 to 2013, then entered politics. He served as Environmental Protection Ministry (Israel), Minist ...
(born 1967), Israeli politician, former Minister of Environmental Protection (2015–2016)
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Avi Ivgi (born 1978), Israeli football goalkeeper
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Avi Kornick (born 1983), Israeli actor
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Avi Kaplan
Avriel Benjamin Kaplan (born April 17, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. He is known for being the former vocal bass of the a cappella group Pentatonix from 2011 to 2017. As a part of the group, he released five studio albums, won three ...
(born 1989), American-Jewish a capella singer and songwriter
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Avi Lerner
Avinoam Lerner (; born October 13, 1947) is an Israeli-American film producer, primarily of American action movies. Lerner is the founder and CEO of Millennium Films.
Life and career
Avi Lerner was born in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine, on Octob ...
(born 1947), American-Israeli film producer
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Avi Lewis
Avram David "Avi" Lewis (born May 1967) is a Canadian activist, documentary filmmaker, former host of the Al Jazeera English show '' Fault Lines'' and former host of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) current-affairs programs '' Counter ...
(born 1968), Canadian documentary filmmaker and former TV host
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Avi Loeb
Abraham "Avi" Loeb (; born February 26, 1962) is an Israeli and American theoretical physicist who works on astrophysics and cosmology. Loeb is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University, where since 2007 he has been Direc ...
(born 1962), Israeli-American theoretical physicist
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Avi Nesher
Avi Nesher (Hebrew language, Hebrew: אבי נשר; born 13 December 1952) is an Israeli film producer, film director, screenwriter and actor.
Biography
Avi Nesher was born and raised in Ramat Gan, Israel. The child of a Romanian-born diplomat ...
(born 1953), Israeli film producer, director, screenwriter and actor
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Avi Nimni
Avi Nimni (; born 26 April 1972) is an Israeli former professional footballer and Maccabi Tel Aviv's highest ever scorer. He is regarded as one of Maccabi Tel Aviv's greatest players ever. Until 2006, he served as the captain of the Israel natio ...
(born 1972), Israeli former footballer
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Avi Pazner
Aviezer "Avi" Pazner (Hebrew: אבי פזנר, born 9 June 1937) is a retired Israeli diplomat and former World Chairman of Keren Hayesod - United Israel Appeal.
Biography
Avi Pazner was born in the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk). His father ...
(born 1937), Israeli retired diplomat
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Avi Peretz (footballer)
Avi Peretz (; born September 2, 1971) is an Israeli former football player who last worked as a goalkeeping coach in Hapoel Haifa. In June 2020, he became the chairman of the Israel Tennis Association.
Career
Avi Peretz was born in Beersheba, ...
(born 1971), Israeli former footballer
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Avi Peretz (singer)
Avi Peretz (in Hebrew אבי פרץ) sometimes transliterated Avi Perez (born 9 December 1966) is an Israeli singer of Jewish Mizrahi music (in Hebrew מוזיקה מזרחית i.e., Muziqa mizrahit, meaning Oriental music).
Biography
Perez g ...
(born 1966), Israeli singer in Mizrahi music tradition
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Avi Ran
Avi Ran (; August 25, 1963 – July 11, 1987) was a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper at the Israeli football club Maccabi Haifa F.C., Maccabi Haifa. Widely considered one of the greatest football players in Israel, he had a promisi ...
(1963–1987), Israeli footballer
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Avi Rikan
Avraham "Avi" Rikan (; born September 10, 1988) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder.
His previous clubs include Maccabi Herzliya, Beitar Jerusalem, FC Zürich, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Petah Tikva. ...
(born 1988), Israeli footballer
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Avi Rubin
Aviel David "Avi" Rubin (born November 8, 1967) is an expert in systems and networking security. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and professor of computer science at Johns Hopkins University, Technical Director of the Information S ...
(born 1967), American computer scientist and expert in systems and networking security
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Avi Sagild
Avi Sagild (22 February 1933 – 19 September 1995) was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 21 films between 1958 and 1993. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States and died in Denmark.
Selected filmography
* '' The Gre ...
(1933–1995), Danish film actress
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Avi Schafer
is a Japanese professional basketball player for SeaHorses Mikawa of the B.League. He played college basketball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Schafer has been a member of the Japan national basketball team.
Early life
Schafer was ...
(born 1998), Japanese professional basketball player
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Avi Shlaim
Avi Shlaim (, ; born 31 October 1945) is an Israeli and British historian of Iraqi Jewish descent. He is one of Israel's " New Historians", a group of Israeli scholars who put forward critical interpretations of the history of Zionism and Isr ...
(born 1945), Israeli-British professor and historian
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Avi Soffer
Avi Soffer (; born 29 March 1986) is a former Israeli football player. He currently plays for Hapoel Ramat Gan.
References
1986 births
Living people
Jewish Israeli sportspeople
Israeli men's footballers
Beitar Nes Tubruk F.C. players
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(born 1986), Israeli footballer
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Avi Strool (born 1980), Israeli retired footballer
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Avi Tikva
Avraham "Avi" Tikva (; born 28 June 1976) is a retired Israeli professional association footballer. He is the younger brother of former professional footballer Shalom Tikva.
Biography
Playing career
During the UEFA Cup 1998–99 season wit ...
(born 1976), Israeli former footballer
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Avi Toledano
Avi Toledano (; born April 4, 1948) is an Israeli singer and songwriter.
Biography
Avraham ("Avi") Toledano was born in Meknes, Morocco to a Jewish family. At the age of 5, the family relocated to Casablanca, where Toledano attended the Allianc ...
(born 1948), Israeli singer and songwriter, runner-up in the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest
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Avi Wallerstein, Canadian ophthalmologist and laser eye surgeon, co-founder of LASIK MD
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Avi Weiss
Avraham Haim Yosef haCohen Weiss (; born June 24, 1944) is an American Open Orthodox ordained rabbi, author, teacher, lecturer, and activist who led the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale in The Bronx, New York until 2015. He is the founder of Yeshi ...
(born 1944), American rabbi, author, teacher, lecturer and activist
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Avi Wigderson
Avi Wigderson (; born 9 September 1956) is an Israeli computer scientist and mathematician. He is the Herbert H. Maass Professor in the school of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America ...
(born 1956), Israeli mathematician and computer scientist
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Avi Wortzman (born 1970), Israeli politician, former Deputy Minister of Education (2013–2014)
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Avi Yehezkel (born 1958), Israeli former politician
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Avi Yehiel (born 1979), Israeli footballer
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