Meaning of Last Name

Ávila or Avila is a Spanish and Portuguese languages surname. Sometimes the variants de Ávila or de Avila, D'Ávila or D'Avila, Dávila or Davila occur. It may refer to: *Alexander Davila, Mexican-American Filmmaker & Architecture designer, born 1982 *Adolfo Davila, Mexican Filmmaker, born 1965 *Alberto Davila, Mexican boxer, born c. 1960 *Alex Avila, Detroit Tigers baseball player *Alexandru Davila, Romanian dramatist, diplomat, public administrator, and memoirist, son of Carol Davila, born 1862 *Andrea Ávila, Argentine long and triple jumper *Artur Ávila, Brazilian mathematician *Bobby Ávila, American baseball player *Bonifacio Ávila, Colombian boxer *Carlos Dávila, Chilean statesman, born 1887 *Carlos Lage Dávila (*1951), Cuban politician *Carol Davila (1828-1884), Romanian physician, physicist and general of French origin *Carol Davila, prestigious Romanian physician of French ancestry, born 1828 *Charles F. Avila, electrical engineer *Enrico Caterino Davila, Italian historian, born 1576 *Eva Avila, Canadian singer *Fidel Dávila Arrondo, Spanish army officer, born 1878 *Guillermo Dávila, Venezuelan actor and singer, born 1955 *Gustavo Avila, Venezuelan jockey *Héctor Avila, Dominican Republic boxer *Joaquin Avila, managing director of the Carlyle Group *John Avila, bassist from Oingo Boingo *José Antonio Dávila, Puerto Rican poet, born 1898 *Lixion Avila, weather forecaster *Luis Davila (1927-1998), Argentinian actor *Miguel R. Dávila, President of Honduras *Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Colombian political writer, 1913-1994 *Pedrarias Dávila (Pedro Arias de Ávila), colonial administrator, born 1440 *Pedro Ortiz Davila ("Davilita"), Puerto Rican singer, born 1912 *Robert R. Davila American advocate for the deaf, Assistant Secretary of Education, and President of Gallaudet University *Rodrigo Ávila, Salvadoran politician *Rudolph B. Davila - Medal of Honor Recipient, World War II *Saint Teresa of Ávila, Roman Catholic saint, 16th Century mystic *Willian Avila, American newspaper and online journalist, born 1980 *Virgilio Dávila - Puerto Rican poet, educator, politician and businessman, 1869-1943 *Yiye Avila, Latin American evangelist DEFAULTSORT:Avila Category:Portuguese-language surnames Category:Spanish-language surnames de:Davila es:Davila fr:Davila