Avril (name)

{{wiktionary|Avril}} '''Avril''' is a given name and a surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it most often occurs in France, the United Kingdom, South Africa, and the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Name Avril around the world |url=https://mondonomo.ai/forename/avril |access-date=14 October 2022 |publisher=Mondonomo.ai}}</ref>

Notable people with the name include: {{TOCright}} ==Given name== *Avril Anderson (born 1953), English music educator and composer *Avril Angers (1918–2005), English comedian *Avril Benoît, Canadian broadcaster *Avril Bowring (born 1942), English sprinter *Kim Campbell (born 1947), Avril "Kim" Campbell, Canada's first female Prime Minister *Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903–1998), English pianist, conductor, and composer *Avril Dankworth (1922–2013), English music educator *Avril de Sainte-Croix (1855–1939), French author, journalist, feminist, and pacifist *Avril Doyle (born 1949), Irish politician *Avril Elgar (1932–2021), English stage, radio and television actress *Avril Fahey (born 1974), Australian cricketer *Avril (Frédéric Magnon) (born 1974), French electro-ambient musician *Avril Haines (born 1969), American lawyer, first female Director of National Intelligence *Avril Henry (1935–2016), English activist *Avril Hoare, Irish radio personality *Avril Joy, British author *Avril Lavigne (born 1984), Canadian singer-songwriter *Avril Lennox (born 1956), British gymnast *Avril Lovelace-Johnson, Ghanaian jurist *Avril Malan (born 1937), South African rugby union player *Avril Palmer-Baunack (born 1964), British businesswoman *Avril Phali (born 1978), South African football player *Avril Pyman (born 1930), British scholar and Russian literature translator *Avril (singer) (born 1986), Kenyan singer-songwriter, actress, and entertainer *Avril Starling (born 1953), English cricketer *Avril Walker (born 1954), British luger *Avril Williams (born 1961), South African rugby player

==Surname== *Armand Avril (1926–2025), French painter and sculptor *Cliff Avril (born 1986), American football player *Édouard-Henri Avril or his pseudonym Paul Avril (1849–1928), French painter *Étienne Avril (1748–1791), French furniture designer *Jacky Avril (born 1964), French slalom canoer *Jane Avril (1868–1943), French dancer *Margaux Avril (born 1991), French singer *Philippe Avril (1654–1698?), French explorer *Prosper Avril (born 1937), Haitian politician *Yola d'Avril (1906–1984), American actress

==Fictional characters== * Avril Hodgkins, a character from the educational TV series ''How We Used to Live'' *Avril Incandenza, mother of protagonist Hal Incandenza in the novel ''Infinite Jest'' by David Foster Wallace *Avril Kent, character on ''Emmerdale'' *Avril Kincaid (Quasar), a Marvel Comics superhero * Avril Vent Fleur, a playable character in ''Wild Arms 5''

==See also== {{canned search|Avril}} * {{intitle|Avril}} * Abril *April (given name) *April (surname) *Averell *Averill (disambiguation) *Avril (disambiguation) *Averil

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