Summer

Where Summer comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Summer.

  • English
Summer through the years
  1. 1949
    First appearance
    #5,244 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1949
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1977
    Peak, #119
    2,447 babies named Summer, its best rank.
  4. 1981
    Summer Glau born
    American actress
  5. 1983
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #216.
  6. 2006
    Summer McIntosh born
    Canadian swimmer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English of modern usage, from summer, the name of the season, often given to girls born in summer.
Namesakes
  • Summer Glau · American actress, born 1981
  • Summer McIntosh · Canadian swimmer, born 2006
  • Summer Walker · American R&B singer, born 1996
  • Summer Bishil · actress, born 1988
  • Summer Phoenix · American actress, born 1978

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.