Avril

Meaning and origin of Avril

Popularity of Avril in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Avril has been rising (+5.2% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Avril every 64 schools, all spellings combined.

Avril in English-speaking countries

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  1,316^th girls’ name18 babies in 3 years1 girl in 8,583

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  1,049^th girls’ name5 babies in 3 years1 girl in 12,970

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  1,821^st girls’ name327 babies in 3 years1 girl in 14,777−0.6% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  1,937^th girls’ name44 babies in 3 years1 girl in 17,451

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): British Columbia (Canada), Scotland, Northern Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Avrile5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Avril

• Aimy
• Armance
• Azur
• Ambrine
• Janelle
• Automne
• Suzon
• Jodie
• Joanne
• Flavie
• Naïs
• Esmé