abstract:Avery is a given name taken from Avery, an English surname that was itself derived from an Old French version of the name Alfred. The meaning of the name is derived from the Old English words aelf, meaning elf, and raed, meaning counsel.
"There was de Coubertin who started the whole thing, there was Avery Brundage who saved it during the cold war era, and Samaranch who got it, if you like,from the 19th century into the 21st century."
VOA: standard.2010.04.21
Also in Lincoln Center, there's Avery Fisher Hall.