Aprille
Feminine · Latin roots · “April”
Aprille is April in the spelling of Geoffrey Chaucer's time, and it is the word that opens The Canterbury Tales in the form many editions print: 'Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote.' It is one of the most quoted lines in English verse.
How old is the name Aprille?
Aprille first appears in US birth records in 1952 — 73 years ago. The typical Aprille alive today was born around 1978, making them about 47 years old. About 500 people named Aprille are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Aprille most popular?
Aprille peaked in 1979, reaching #2621 nationally. See the whole 1979 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Aprilis (Latin month) to Aprille
The story of Aprille
Chaucer began the General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales in the late fourteenth century with April's sweet showers piercing the drought of March to the root. In the Middle English of that line the final e of Aprille is sounded, giving the word three syllables to fit the meter. The 'his' in 'his shoures' does not make April a man: English had no word its until around 1600, and his served for things as well as people. The given name keeps that medieval spelling, with its once-sounded e now silent.
Meaning
April, the month
Aprille is an old spelling of April, the month; as a given name it is the month name, like May and June. The Latin month Aprilis has no settled origin of its own.
How the name formed
- AprilisLatin month
- AprilleMiddle English
- Aprilmodern English
- Aprillegiven name
Related forms: Avril · Abril · Aprile
Pronouncing Aprille
AY-pril
Said like April. The final e is silent in modern English; in Chaucer's line it was a syllable of its own. The -ille ending may lead some readers to ah-PREEL, as if French.
Nicknames for Aprille
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1952
- Most girls named
- 197934 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2621reached in 1979
- Change vs 1996
- −37.5%5 in 2003, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Aprille in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Avril in French — related form
- Abril in Spanish — related form
- Aprile in Italian — related form
Aprilles among us
people named Aprille are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
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Fashion outlook
Aprille sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Tied to one of the most quoted opening lines in English poetry.
- Said like April, a familiar name, so it needs no teaching once people know it.
- Has cousins in other languages: Avril in French, Abril in Spanish.
- The -ille ending looks French, and some people will say ah-PREEL. A family will need to settle on AY-pril and say it.
- Forms and spellcheck will reduce it to April; the extra letters need spelling out.
- The Chaucer connection is real but literary, and many people will simply see an unusual spelling of April. The line is there for anyone who asks.
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Frequently asked
- How many Aprilles are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Aprille are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Aprille in 2025?
- Aprille is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Aprille with classmates?
- Aprille will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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