Given name

Averyl

“to open”

Averyl 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

Averyl 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

In English use, Averyl is a variant of Avril. An origin associated with Avril is Old English. Averyl is a variant of April. April is an English month name used as a given name. The month’s Latin name is aprilis.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

Averyl 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 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Averyl is a variant of Averill. The history of Averill gives this family its wider story. Averill’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name. Averyl 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

Averyl through the years

Babies since 1880
21
0 boys · 21 girls
Most popular year
2005
6 babies
2025
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2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Averyl in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1989–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 107 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.

Averyl’s family of names

Averyl has a related form in April. In English usage, Averyl has a related form in Avril. In English usage, Averyl has a related form in Averill.

Walk Averyl’s family in the name graph

AverylAverilAprilAvrilAverill

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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