Asturian-Leonese (Avilés): habitational name from
Avilés, a place in Asturies on the coast west of Xixón (Gijón
in Spanish). The place name is derived either from a pre-Roman
cognomen, Abilus, or from the Latin name Abilius, from
the place name formed with (Villa) Abilius + the suffix
-ensis.
Spanish: possibly also
habitational name for someone from Ávila (see Avila).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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