April

Latin
"to open"

April Origin and Meaning

The name April is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "to open".

Once the most popular month names, April has been overtaken by June (for girls) and August (for boys), as well as the charmingly old-fashioned May. Literary reference: the heroine of the book and movie Revolutionary Road, and there have been Aprils on Parks and Recreation, Glee, and The Vampire Diaries. Trivia note: comedian Ralphie May named his daughter April June May.

# 515 in the US

April Rank in US Top 1000

# 816 on Nameberry

April Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

April Popularity

Famous People Named April

  • April Hernandez
    Castillo, American actress
  • April Matson
    American actress
  • April Michelle Bowlby
    American actress
  • April Jeanette Mendez aka AJ Lee
    American pro wrestler
  • April March (born Elinor Blake)
    American singer,songwriter
  • April Scott (born April Ann McIntosh)
    American actress and model
  • April Wade
    American actress and producer
  • April Ashley (born George Jamieson)
    English model and transgender activist
  • April Flowers
    American actress and model
  • April June May
    daughter of comedian Ralphie May
  • April Rose Commons
    daughter of Scottish footballer Kris Commons
  • April Moore aka AprilAthena7
    YouTube personality
  • April Steiner Bennett
    American pole vaulter
  • Cecily April Adams
    American actress, daughter of actor Don Adams and singer Adelaide Efantis

April in Pop Culture

  • April
    the fourth month in a year
  • April Ludgate
    character on TV's "Parks and Recreation"
  • April Kepner
    character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
  • April O'Neil
    character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series
  • April Wheeler
    main character in Richard Yates' "Revolutionary Road"
  • April Rhodes
    character on TV's "Glee"
  • April Duck
    one of Daisy Duck's nieces
  • April Hall
    main character in "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
  • April May
    character in video game "Ace Attorney"
  • April Young
    character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries"
  • April Carver
    main character on ABC Family's "Chasing Life"
  • April Burns
    main character in movie "Pieces of April"'
  • April Ryan
    a character in video game series "The Longest Journey"
  • April Green
    character on TV's "Jericho"
  • April Dancer
    main character on TV's "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E."
  • April Scott
    character on Australian soap "Home and Away"
  • April Stevens Ewing
    character on TV's "Dallas"
  • April Silk
    character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
  • April Turtle Greer
    character in Barbara Kingsolver's "The Bean Trees"
  • April Einar
    character in Cotton Valent's "Glitch"