Avril

A-VREEL; AV-ril

French

"April"

Avril Origin and Meaning

The name Avril is a girl's name of French origin meaning "April".

The French Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne put the spotlight on this name when she made the charts with "Sk8er Boi". It is simply the French form of April, the fourth month of the year, whose name might derive from the Latin aperire meaning "to open" in reference to the start of spring in the Northern hemisphere. Other sources suggest it comes from the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite.

With a spikier feel to it, Avril makes a distinctive yet familiar choice, which, as of 2023, has never made it to the US Top 1000.

Avril Popularity

• 1301 Nameberry 2020
• 808 Unique 2023

20 Names Similar to Avril

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• Alanis
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• Averill
• Arianwen
• Ardith
• Enya
• Alethea
• Anthea
• Aminta
• Aloisa
• Aeron
• Aphra
• Eithne
• Alexandrine
• Adrienne
• Arianell
• Alexia
• Acacia
• Aisling
• Anwen

Famous People Named Avril

• Avril Ramona Lavigne Canadian singer
• Avril Phaedra "Kim" Douglas Campbell 19th Canadian Prime Minister
• Avril stage name of Judith Nyambura Mwangi, Kenyan singer
• (Ghénia) Avril de Sainte Croix, French author, journalist and feminist
• Avril Danica Haines U.S. Deputy Security Adviser
• (Gwendolyn) Avril Coleridge Taylor, English pianist, conductor, and composer
• (Florence) Avril Angers English comedienne
• Avril Doyle Irish MEP
• Avril Blair sister of English writer George Orwell
• Jane Avril dancer at the Moulin Rouge

Avril in Pop Culture

• Avril Basil Stoke's mistress in the Sean O'Casey play "Purple Dust"
• Avril Incandenza character in David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest"
• Avril Kent character on British soap "Emmerdale"
• Avril Aaronson male character from movie "Nothing but the Truth"