English

Summer

Pronounced SUM-erShare

Meaning: Summer season

  • Girl
  • Familiar
  • 2 syllables

The story

Summer is an English seasonal name taken directly from the word for the warm season. It became established as a given name in the twentieth century, with no separate ancient personal-name meaning needed.

Nicknames

  • Sum
  • Sunny

Spellings & variants

  • Sommer

Popularity

Familiar

In the US top 1,000 — familiar, not everywhere.

Similar position in the latest US rankings

Style

Origins

Summer comes from English.

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