Avril

Where Avril comes from

20th-century invention from French avril (“April”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Avril
  • French
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1919
    First appearance
    #4,814 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2007
    Peak, #1,503
    154 babies named Avril — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French, equivalent to English April.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.