Summer (given name)
Summer is an English feminine given name of recent coinage derived from the word for the season of summer, the warmest season of the year and a time people generally associate with carefree and fun activities. It's been in common use as a name since at least 1970 in English-speaking countries.[1] Summer, along with other seasonal and nature names, came into fashion as part of the 1960s and 70s counterculture.[2]
 Summer, personification by Alfons Mucha, 1896 | |
| Pronunciation | Sum-mer |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Old English |
| Meaning | "summer" |
| Region of origin | English-speaking countries |
The name was the 30th most common name given to girls born in England and Wales in 2011, was the 36th most popular name given to girls born in Scotland in 2011 and the 82nd most popular name for girls born in Northern Ireland in 2011. It was among the 10 most popular names given to baby girls born in 2008 in the Isle of Man.[3] It also ranked as the 40th most popular name for baby girls born in New South Wales, Australia in 2011 and the 51st most popular name for girls born in British Columbia, Canada in 2011.[3] It was the 173rd most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2011.[3] It has ranked among the top 300 names for girls in the United States since 1970 and was the 648th most common name for girls and women in the United States in the 1990 census.[3]
Notable people
- Summer Altice (born 1979), American model
- Summer Bishil (born 1988), American actress
- Summer Bartholomew (born 1951), winner of the 1975 Miss USA pageant
- Summer Cem (born 1983), German rapper of Turkish descent
- Summer Edward (born 1986), Trinidadian-American writer, children's editor, educator, literary activist, and literature specialist
- Summer Erb (born 1977), American basketball player
- Summer Glau (born 1981), American actress
- Summer Lee (born 1987), American lawyer, community organizer, and Pennsylvania's Democratic representative
- Summer Lochowicz (born 1978), Australian volleyball player
- Summer Meng (born 1991), Taiwanese actress
- Summer Moak (born 1999), American racing cyclist
- Summer Mortimer (born 1993), former Canadian-Dutch paraswimmer
- Summer Phoenix (born 1978), American actress
- Summer Rae (born 1983), American wrestler
- Summer Rayne Oakes (born 1984), American fashion model, environmental activist, author, and entrepreneur
- Summer Ross (born 1992), American beach volleyball player
- Summer Sanders (born 1972), American swimmer and sports commentator
- Summer Stephan, District Attorney for the County of San Diego
- Summer Strallen (born 1985), English actress and musical theatre performer
- Summer Watson (born 1977), British opera singer
- Summer XO (born 1982), American singer
Fictional characters
- Summer Gleeson, from Batman: The Animated Series
- Summer Hoyland, from Neighbours
- Summer Jones, a.k.a. Wonder, from the film Zoom
- Summer the Holiday Fairy, from the book franchise Rainbow Magic
- Summer Moran, from Dirk Pitt
- Roberta "Summer" Quinn, a character in the American action drama TV series Baywatch
- Summer Roberts, from The O.C.
- Summer Shaw, from Hollyoaks
- Summer Smith, a character from the Adult Swim cartoon Rick and Morty
- Summer Wheatley, from Napoleon Dynamite
- Summer Hathaway, a character in School of Rock
- Summer Hartley, from Definitely, Maybe
- Summer Finn, from 500 Days of Summer
- Summer, one of the characters from the Diva Starz toy line
- Summer Newman, a character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Summer Hugglemonster, from the Disney Junior TV series Henry Hugglemonster
- Summer Holiday from The Sims 4
- Summer Dawson from the novel Wonder
Notes
- Behind the Name
- Hippie names. As published in Beyond Ava & Aiden by Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran, 2009. ISBN 978-0-312-53915-3
- Behind the Name