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[Opinions] Avril
When I was in primary 6 around 10/11 years old and my sister was in primary 5 around 9/10 years old both of us had class teachers named Avril. It is the only time I’ve ever met people named Avril. WDYT?
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Too much of a word name to me, I can only think of the month, and the "VREEL" sound is kind of shrill.
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Former PM of Canada Kim Campbell's real name was Avril Phaedra, and that combo helped me appreciate this name. Although I think it was spelled Avrill in her case. I like Avril, April, Abril, all the april names, I think they're pert, bright, and smart. There's also something a little bit timeless about it, in that it feels like it could work on anyone born any time in the last, oh, 250 years. Like I could see a Victorian Avril as easily as a one-year-old Avril. Avril feels less dated than April, which has a strong 70s-80s vibe to me.

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Love it!
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its ok
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I think it's really ugly in look and sound. It looks and sounds like a medicine, like Advil. April is so much prettier.
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I kind of like it.
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I much prefer April. If not that Aveline is best.
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I actually like Avril, and prefer it to April (it doesn't have the "ape" issue). However, given that it's not a common name my absolute first association is the singer Avril Levigne... for good or ill.
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Very harshI don't like it. It's better than April, though.
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It's pretty. I slightly like April more, though.
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It is 100% Avril Lavigne to me. I prefer the sound of April.
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