April

Latin

"to open"

April Origin and Meaning

The name April is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "to open".

Once the most popular month names, April has been overtaken by June (for girls) and August (for boys), as well as the charmingly old-fashioned May. Literary reference: the heroine of the book and movie Revolutionary Road, and there have been Aprils on Parks and Recreation, Glee, and The Vampire Diaries. Trivia note: comedian Ralphie May named his daughter April June May.

April Rank in US Top 1000

# 515 in the US

April Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 652 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name April

• 515 US 2023
• 652 Nameberry 2025
• 752 Future 2028
• 285 England 2023
• 148 Scotland 2022

20 Names Similar to April

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Famous People Named April

• April Hernandez Castillo, American actress
• April Matson American actress
• April Michelle Bowlby American actress
• April Jeanette Mendez aka AJ Lee American pro wrestler
• April March (born Elinor Blake) American singer,songwriter
• April Scott (born April Ann McIntosh) American actress and model
• April Wade American actress and producer
• April Ashley (born George Jamieson) English model and transgender activist
• April Flowers American actress and model
• April June May daughter of comedian Ralphie May
• April Rose Commons daughter of Scottish footballer Kris Commons
• April Moore aka AprilAthena7 YouTube personality
• April Steiner Bennett American pole vaulter
• Cecily April Adams American actress, daughter of actor Don Adams and singer Adelaide Efantis

The name April in Pop Culture

• April the fourth month in a year
• April Ludgate character on TV's "Parks and Recreation"
• April Kepner character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
• April O'Neil character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series
• April Wheeler main character in Richard Yates' "Revolutionary Road"
• April Rhodes character on TV's "Glee"
• April Duck one of Daisy Duck's nieces
• April Hall main character in "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
• April May character in video game "Ace Attorney"
• April Young character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries"
• April Carver main character on ABC Family's "Chasing Life"
• April Burns main character in movie "Pieces of April"'
• April Ryan a character in video game series "The Longest Journey"
• April Green character on TV's "Jericho"
• April Dancer main character on TV's "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E."
• April Scott character on Australian soap "Home and Away"
• April Stevens Ewing character on TV's "Dallas"
• April Silk character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
• April Turtle Greer character in Barbara Kingsolver's "The Bean Trees"
• April Einar character in Cotton Valent's "Glitch"

International Variations of the name April

• Abril Spanish
• Avril French