# June (given name)

June is a gender-neutral given name. It is a common female name and a less common male name in English-speaking countries. It comes from the name of the month, which is derived from Juno, the name of a Roman goddess. It is also a short form of the names Juniper, Junia, Junius and Junior.
June is also an unrelated Basque feminine name meaning "place of the reeds".
June was a popular girl's name and somewhat popular boy's name in the early to mid 20th century in the United States. As a girl's name, it reached a peak in 1925 as the 39th most popular name, but then gradually declined until it dropped off the top 1000 list of names in 1987. In recent years, it has started to make a comeback: in 2022 it ranked 172.
As a boy's name, June reached a peak in 1922 at 697th, but then also declined and left the top 1000 list in 1939.

## People named June include
### In the Arts

* June Allyson (1917–2006), American film and television actress, popular in the 1940s and 1950s
* June Anderson (born 1952), American coloratura soprano
* June Berry (born 1924), English artist
* June Black (1910–2009), New Zealand ceramic artist and painter
* June Blair (1933–2022), American model and actress best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in January 1957
* June Bland (born 1931), British actress best known for her guest appearances in two Doctor Who serials
* June Brigman (born 1960), American comic book artist and illustrator
* June Bronhill (1929–2005), Australian soprano opera singer
* June Brown (1927–2022), English actress and author
* June Caprice (1895–1936), American silent film actress
* June Carter Cash (1929–2003), American singer, songwriter, actress, member of the Carter Family, wife of Johnny Cash
* June Chadwick (born 1951), English actress
* June Christy (1925–1990), American jazz singer popular in the 1950s
* June Cochran (1942–2004), American model and beauty queen
* June Collyer (1906–1968), American actress
* June Duprez (1918–1984), British film actress
* June Foray (1917–2017), American voice actress who has worked for most of the studios which produced animated films since the 1940s
* June Furlong (1930–2020), English model
* June Harding (1937–2019), American actress
* June Haver (1926–2005), American film actress
* June Havoc (1912–2010), American actress, dancer, writer and theater director
* June Hutton (1920–1973), American popular singer
* June James (producer) (born 1990), American music producer
* June Jordan (1936–2002), African-American bisexual political activist, writer, poet and teacher
* June Lang (1915–2005), American film actress
* June Lockhart (born 1925), American actress
* June Loney (1930–2016), Australian harpist
* June MacCloy (1909–2005), American actress in the 1930s and 1940s
* June Marlowe (1903–1984), American actress
* June Mathis (1892–1927), American screenwriter and Hollywood executive in the 1920s
* June Millington (born 1948), American musician, songwriter, and producer; founded Fanny, the first all girl rock band signed to a major record label
* June Nixon (born 1942), Australian organist, choir trainer, and composer
* June Page, British actress
* June Palmer (1940–2004), aka June Power, model
* June Pointer (1953–2006), American singer, founding member of The Pointer Sisters
* June Salter (1932–2001), Australian actress
* June Sarpong (born 1977), British television presenter
* June Spencer (1919–2024), English actress and voice artist
* June Tabor (born 1947), English folk singer
* June Taylor (1918–2004), American choreographer
* June Tripp (1901–1985), sometimes known just as June, British actress
* June Tyson (1936–1992), American jazz singer
* June Vincent (1920–2008), American actress
* June Walker (1900–1966), American stage and film actress
* June Whitfield (1925–2018), English actress

### Others

* June Atkinson (born 1948), the North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction
* June Bacon-Bercey (1928–2019), American meteorologist
* June Callwood (1924–2007), Canadian journalist and social activist
* June Clark (nurse) (born 1941), Professor of Community Nursing at the University of Wales, Swansea
* June Cobb (1927–2015), American informant for the CIA
* June Croft (born 1963), British freestyle swimmer
* June Dally-Watkins (1927–2020), Australian businesswoman, fashion-model and etiquette and deportment expert
* June Downey (1875–1932), American psychologist
* June Mar Fajardo (born 1989), Filipino basketball player
* June Ferguson (1928–2004), Australian sprinter and coach
* June Fletcher, American writer for The Wall Street Journal
* June Gibbons (born 1963), one of two identical twins whose story is a curious case involving psychology and language
* June Haimoff (1922–2022), English environmentalist
* June Jackson (1939–2019), New Zealand Māori activist and public servant
* June James (American football) (1962–1990), American football linebacker
* June James (cricketer) (1925–1997), Australian cricket player
* June Jones (born 1953), American football player and coach
* June Lapine (born 1991), American political commentator and YouTuber
* June Lee, American physician and professor
* June Leow (born 1964), Malaysian politician
* June Lloyd, Baroness Lloyd of Highbury (1928–2006), British paediatrician and, in retirement, a cross bench member of the House of Lords
* June Maston (1928–2004), Australian sprinter
* June McCarroll (1867–1954), American nurse (later a physician) who is credited with the idea of painting lines on highways to separate lanes
* June Miller (1902–1979), the second wife of Henry Miller
* June Mummery (born 1963/1964), British businesswoman and politician
* June Pallot (1953–2004), New Zealand professor of accounting and a registered architect
* June Peppas (1929–2016), professional baseball player for the AAGPBL from 1948 to 1954
* June Rowlands (1924–2017), 60th mayor of Toronto, Ontario, and the first woman to hold that office
* June C. Smith (1875–1947), American jurist, Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
* June Westbury (1921–2004), Canadian politician

## Fictional characters

* June, short for Juniper, in the animated television series The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
* June, from the show KaBlam!
* June, an assassin in the Nickelodeon animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender
* June, from the anime and manga series Hamtaro
* The main character on That '80s Show, whose first name "June" is mentioned in only one episode
* Chameleon June, in the Japanese manga series Saint Seiya
* June Cleaver, in the 1950s television series Leave It to Beaver
* June Dorie, post apocalyptic nurse on Fear the Walking Dead
* June George, Regina George's mother in Mean Girls
* June Iparis, a main character in the novel Legend
* June Motomiya (Jun Motomiya), in Digimon Zero Two
* June Nakai (played by Remy Holt), nicknamed Junie, only daughter of Amy Lau and George Nakai, in the Netflix comedy-drama ‘’Beef’’
* June Osborne, in the US television series The Handmaid's Tale
* June Slater, in the US soap opera Loving