Name meaning & stats
Avril
Avril means “opening (debated)” (French origin). 3,383 US babies since 1940, peak 2008.
What it means
“opening (debated)”
FrenchForm of April
In US birth records
Peak year: 2008
3,383 US babies were named Avril between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Avril (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 81% of the family
- Avril 81%
- Avrielle 6%
- Avriel 5%
- Averlee 4%
- Averil 4%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2008)