Avice

Avice is a feminine given name and a surname. It may refer to:

People:

• Avice Maud Bowbyes (1901–1992), New Zealand writer
• Avice Conway, 17th century heiress and wife of Robert Blennerhassett (MP for Tralee)
• Amicia/Avice Fitz-Hugh, wife of Robert Marmion (married c. 1215)
• Avice Landone (1910–1976), British actress
• Avice Stafford (1423–1457), first wife of James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormond
• Avice, 18th century pastry chef credited with inventing choux buns – see Choux pastry
• Claude Avice (1925–1995), French science fiction writer whose main pen name was Pierre Barbet
• Edwige Avice (born 1945), French politician
• Jean Avice, 19th century pastry chef credited by some with inventing the Madeleine cake

Fictional characters:

• Three characters in the 1897 novel The Well-Beloved by Thomas Hardy
• Avice, protagonist of the 2011 novel Embassytown by China Miéville

See also

• Avis (name)