Meaning and background
The story behind Abril
Abril is the Spanish and Catalan form of April. Its entry records two regional pronunciations, both stressing the final syllable, which differs from the familiar English month-name rhythm. A dog owner with a Spanish- or Catalan-speaking namesake may want to preserve that spoken form as well as the b spelling. The calendar connection can mark a family memory or arrival month, but choosing Abril does not require the dog to have been born in April.
- Origin
- Spanish and Catalan form of April, with final-syllable stress in the listed readings. Source
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About Abril
Recorded as a dog’s name
Abril appears in 5 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/əbɹɪl/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the second syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/əbɹɪl/ · primary stress on syllable 2AH0 B R IH1 L
These are US dictionary readings. Personal, regional and other language pronunciations may differ.
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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