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.  Summer, along with other seasonal and nature names, came into fashion as part of the 1960s and 70s counterculture. 

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.  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.  It was the 173rd most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2011.  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. 

Notable people
 Summer Altice (born 1979), American model
 Summer Bartholomew (born 1951), winner of the 1975 Miss USA pageant
 Summer Glau (born 1981), American actress
 Summer Lochowicz (born 1978), Australian volleyball player
 Summer Rae (born 1983), American wrestler
 Summer Sanders (born 1982), American swimmer and sports commentator
 Summer XO (born 1982), American singer
 Summer Strallen (born 1985), English actress and musical theatre performer
 Summer Watson (born 1977), British opera singer

Fictional characters
 Summer Gleeson, from Batman: The Animated Series
 Summer Hoyland, from Neighbours
 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

See also
 Autumn (given name)
 Summer (surname)
 Summer (disambiguation)

Notes

Category:English feminine given names