Details for the forename Avril

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Avril (female)


Variants:	April (F)
Can be spelt:	Averil (F)
Masculine form:	Averil (M) Averill (M) Avril (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG Chambers Dictionary [2003]
Notes:	English and French. Whyte and Chambers consider Avril to be a variant of April, being the French name for the fourth month, but ONC suggests there may also be influence from an Old English female name Eoforhild which means "boar + battle" [see Averill]. Avril is now less common in Scotland than April.