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Girl · Latin, through English
April
Say it: AY-prul
Meaning
From the name of the month, Latin Aprilis, of uncertain origin.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A month name used as a girls' name from the 1940s, peaking in the US in the 1980s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1980s
In the United States
- 240,617 babies given this name since 1917
- At its height in 1980, about 1 in 145 girls
- 577 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Avril
| French | Avril |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Abril |
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.