Avril (name)

Avril is used as 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.

Notable people with the name include:

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

 * 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 Kent, character on Emmerdale
 * Avril Incandenza, mother of protagonist Hal Incandenza in the novel Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
 * Avril Vent Fleur, a playable character in Wild Arms 5