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Votes are in! Top 10 names for April’s giraffe calf revealed

Posted at 9:19 PM, Apr 25, 2017
and last updated 2017-04-25 21:19:37-04

HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. — First, people were hooked by the livestream as they waited for April the giraffe’s calf to be born. Now, April fans everywhere can't wait to find out what her beautiful baby will be named!

Animal Adventure Park on Tuesday announced the top 10 most popular names for April’s male calf.

Here they are, in alphabetical order:

    1. Allysa’s Choice
    2. Apollo
    3. Geoffrey
    4. Gio
    5. Harpur
    6. Noah
    7. Ollie
    8. Patch
    9. Patches
    10. Unity

Do you want to help select the name? Vote, HERE.

The park said they’d select a winner on April 30, at 6 p.m. ET.  They’ll announce the name (tentatively) on May 1.

(Courtesy: Animal Adventure Park)

On Tuesday morning, WJW talked to Animal Adventure Park owner Jordan Patch, who said both April and baby are doing great. Patch said the baby is growing quickly.

Meanwhile, did you miss watching April on the giraffe cam? If you haven’t heard the news, it’s back! The Giraffe Cam is returning every Tuesday from 4 p.m.-8 p.m. ET.

Click here for more April the giraffe coverage.