Given name
Aprel
“to open”
Aprel is a variant of April. The immediate reference is the month of April. A traditional explanation links the Latin name with “to open,” evoking opening buds and flowers; that proposed root should not be mistaken for an unquestioned literal translation.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aprel is a variant of April. The immediate reference is the month of April. A traditional explanation links the Latin name with “to open,” evoking opening buds and flowers; that proposed root should not be mistaken for an unquestioned literal translation.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Aprel is a variant of April. April is an English month name used as a given name. The month’s Latin name is aprilis.
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How it developed
Aprel is a variant of April. The shared background comes through April: Latin aprilis may derive from aperīre, “to open.” An additional suggestion is that given-name April was originally intended as an English counterpart to Avril, though that naming route is also uncertain.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Aprel is a variant of April. The history of April gives this family its wider story. April belongs to a small group of English given names taken from spring months, alongside May and June. The seasonal connection supplies its associations with new growth without requiring a separate mythological or family-name origin.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Aprel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 70
- 0 boys · 70 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1983. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1974. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 119 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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