Comments for the name April

This name is great. It is different from other names and is not as commonly used as it was in past years.

This name also means "New Beginning". That is why it is the first month of Spring, which is the beginning of the year. It also has been traced back from Aphrodite as a shortened name.

To whoever said that April is the first month of Spring it's not. The first month of Spring is March. Just saying.
I think it's very pretty, "to open" most people think of flowers in bloom and that's just beautiful.

My name is actually April. I have found the name unique from others and I have only met a few other people with the same name. Sometimes you get a chuckle when someone asks you if your born in April. My parents have also given me the middle name Dawn. With no surprise these two names go well together. I also am fond of the other months used for names such as May.

My name is April and I like having that name because it is not very common. I've only met maybe five other people who have this name and I think it is very pretty. Of course there are always some people who always have some joke about your name on April Fool's Day but other than that I like my name.

Bam Margera's mother's name is April, her nickname is Ape.

My name is April, and I'm not as impressed as most of the other commenters seem to be. That could possibly be because I was born in April, and I am tired of people asking if that's why I was name April. Other than that, and the aformentioned April Fool's Day problem, it's not a bad name. It goes well with Denise, my middle name, and it is kind of unique.

April Ryan from the PC game The Longest Journey has this name.

I think that it is a nice name, it would be nice with a name of a flower for a middle name because of the meaning.

The name is neat. My cousin's name is April Spring and she is born in April, but I also have a friend named April, but she is born in February.

April Ericson was Roger's ex-girlfriend in "Rent".

My stepsister's name is April and she was born in March. I don't know what's wrong with her mom, I mean she was born in MARCH. Other then being born in APRIL what reason is there to name your kid APRIL?

A lot of people would name their daughter April because they like it. My friend April was born in October. Just because your name is April doesn't mean you have to be born then. That's like saying your name can't be Ruby if that's not your birth stone.

Both my sister and best friend are named April. One was born in the month of and the other not. Both born in the 70's at a time when anything earthly and fresh was a new trend. It is more common of a name than the people who have it realize. They all think they are the only one. Maybe all April's are just cocky.

I've also seen this spelled Aprile.

My name is April. At first it was a little weird being named after a month, kids would ask - "did your mother run out of other names?" and the famous "oh, so were you born in April?" and "is your birthday April 1st?" Yeah well it never gets old. To this day I still hear it. As I got older I've learned to appreciate its uniqueness, coming to realize its hidden beauty. My nickname is Ape, but only to my two best friends. Anyone else, no way. It's great to see that there are more "April's" out there.

My name is April, and no, I wasn't born in that month. I like having this name because no one I know has it. I think it's pretty and it fits me well. It can be a little annoying when every person who meets me for the first time asks me if I was born in that month, or when they start reciting the months when they want to get my attention.

Such a pretty, clear and fresh name April is. I love the combo April Rose.

Interesting I thought I was the only April Dawn around (not really). I like my name but the jokes get old and no I wasn't born in April (December).

I know an April (she was born on the 1st of April). I like the name April but I would only use month names as middle names and would only give it to a child born in that month.

My sister's name is April, and her first daughter's middle name is April. My niece was born in December. When I was telling my friend that my sister had had her baby, my friend asked what name my sister had picked. I told her her name, and my friend said, "I hate it when parents do that!"

"Do what?" I asked.

"Name their kids for the month they were conceived in! It's so weird!"

So, although this was not true in my sister's case, be aware of what people might think when you give a child a month name nine months after that month. :)

I doubt I'd ever consider this name for my daughter, but I do like it spelled 'Aprille'.

I've never known what my name meant until this site. It's fitting being I am another April Dawn. Fitting meaning April means to open and dawn is the opening of every morning. :-) I was born in April and have been asked that all my life and they keep asking me where May is and I say probably hanging with June! Ive always liked my name and it has 5 letters which I like (5-letter names). I've been known to be called Ape and Aprilla for fun. And have seen it spelled Aapril
I think it's a unique name. Thanks Mom. :-)

My name is Abril, it's the same as April but it's in Spanish. My dad who is Mexican gave me the name because I was born prematurely in April but also because it means April in both Spanish and Icelandic where my mom is from. I of course get the occasional "Oh you're named April because you were born in April!" and April fools jokes (in October oddly) from a new acquaintance and it sort of does get annoying but now it's a bit different. I love my name. I have only met 3 others who have it each spelled different than mine and it really isn't as common as say "Crystal". It's cute and simple.

I am also an April. I was born in 1962 so I feel it's fitting. I'm a flower child :)

Wow now I think I enjoy my name a little more that I know what it means! It's very interesting that more people are also named April Dawn too! When I asked my parents why they named me that they said they didn't know so now I can tell them why and also tell those people who always ask if I was also born in April the real reason behind my name!

April O'Neal of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle fame, in her little yellow jumpsuit with her dated, gigantic camera recorder. She was featured in the cartoon, the Archie published comic books, the live action films, I've heard she's in the new CGI animated film, and she was even in one of the fighting games.

I only ever knew one April in my life. And yes. We did tease her about the turtles.

I named my daughter April Rose and I love it! She was born in November, but I always say she was my April Rose in the fall. It's a beautiful name.

A famous fictional bearer of this name is April Wheeler, the protagonist of Richard Yates's novel "Revolutionary Road", played by Kate Winslet in the film adaptation by Sam Mendes.

Aaa, I used to love this name. Then, I read The Egypt Game, which I hate with a burning passion, and now I hate it. Which sucks, because it really is a nice, pretty name. But Zilpha Keatley Sneider Ruined it for me!

This has to be one of my favourite girl's names. (I have a thing for names that start with an A). It sounds youthful but not immature. Beautiful.

My name is April. No I was not born in the month at all. June. I love my name and find it refreshing. I do know a few other Aprils so I know it isn't completely unusual but there aren't that many out there, especially nowadays. I would recommend anyone to use it for their kid. It's a beautiful name.

My mom's name is April. She always get the annoying question, where you born in April? No, she was born in February. I kind of don't like it, just because for nicknames? Do you want to be called "Ape". Didn't think so.

My name is April. I like it because a lot of people don't usually have it. I wasn't born in April either. People don't really ask me if I was born in April too much anymore.

According to The Cambridge Fact Finder (1993), the month of April name origin comes from Apru the Etruscan goddess of love.

My name is also April. And I was born in April, the last day in fact. Although that isn't how I got the name, people do like to joke that I was almost a May. Unlike some of the other people who have left comments about this name I have found that there are several people who have this name in my immediate geographical area. I found one previous comment about this name being traced back to the Roman/Greek goddess of love and beauty to be very interesting. Especially since my sign is Taurus and therefore my planet is Venus, it's an interesting coincidence. All in all I've been satisfied with my name, I've never wanted to change it, even as a child.

I am named April. Although I have met a few other Aprils none of them were born the same year as I was. The best thing I have found about being named April is that it's very international. My friends from India have no trouble with my name, while it took me weeks to say theirs correctly. Anyone who's studied a little English is likely to know the names of the months and can probably say and remember the name April easily.

Conventional yet aesthetic, and will fit many girls and women alike.

To the poster who has a daughter named April Rose: That's my name! I love it! I'm happy I have a name with meaning. An opening rose. So far, I have lived up to my name, I was very shy when I was younger but now (in my 20s) I'm losing that part of my personality. Like a blooming Rose. By the way I wasn't born in April.

I do like this name, but I prefer the Spanish spelling, Abril.

Interesting being named after a month. I like this name because it sounds as nice as it is pronouncing it. I don't think it can be made fun of because it's a cool name, and not overly used, and that's one good thing about it.

For some reason, April sounds to me like a spoiled, immature youngest child.

A fictional famous bearer is the busty, seemingly-demure April May, a minor character in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.

April usually isn't a nice time of year where I live, and the name also sounds like "ape."

I have never been a fan for this name-- not will I ever. April! April..! April... April..? No matter the amount of times that it comes from my tongue, the result remains the same: an abomination. Nature names (which include 'month' titles) must be some of the cheapest, tackiest, childish, most pompous, unprofessional, pretentious, uneducated decisions out where-- and not only are they all those things: they're ugly. "April" is ugly-- one of the worst. Bluntly brutal? Perhaps so. Truthfully blunt? Indeed.
As a child I knew a single April... needless to say, she was a bonified snot. Does that affect my opinion? Negative, not necessarily.

The name never ceases to fail the image of "Ape-Roll" to me. Charming? I think not.

April is a lovely month, and a pretty nice name too. It's a little bit dated, but not severely like, say, Cheryl or Linda or Diane.

April Bowlby (born 1980 in Vallejo, California) is an American actress.

I love the meaning, since I also love flower names! You can easily ignore the 'omg, like, were you born in, like, AYPE-RILLE?!' (Imagine exaggerated cheerleader drawl) If anyone commented, I would say 'it's a pretty name!' Simple, but not boring.

April June is the name of a catty movie star in P.G. Wodehouse's novel Laughing Gas.

I agree with Trayc53. You don't have to be born in April to have the name. Also, I like Avril.

My name is also April. For those of you who are named April, I would be interested in knowing yall's middle names. Seems like every April I meet (which has been quite a few with my job) their middle name is either Dawn, Lynn, or Ann(e). Mine is Ann. There have been a few different ones, like Chevelle, but her name was also spelled Apryll. I also get the comment a lot "Were you born in April?" I was born in May but supposed to be born in April. That's not why my parents gave me that name though, they just liked it. I think its an OK name, I have a whole month to hear it as well!