Summer Name Generator

Summer names come from a handful of sources, and knowing which one you are drawing from makes it easier to pick well. The most direct are words for the season itself: Summer has been a steady girls' name in the US since the 1970s, and other languages give Natsu and Natsumi (Japanese), Yeoreum (Korean), Xia (Chinese), Grishma (Sanskrit), Kayitz (Hebrew), Yaz (Turkish), Suvi and Kesä (Finnish), Haf (Welsh), Samhradh (Irish), Theros (Greek), and Raumati (Māori). Surnames such as Sommer, Somerset, and Summerfield carry the same meaning in a more old-fashioned wrapper.

The second source is the sun. Sol, Soleil, Solana, Sunniva, Helia, Eliana, Elio, Cyrus, Samson, Surya, Ravi, Aditya, Shams, Khurshid, Arev, and Güneş all mean sun or sunlight, and names like Aurora, Dawn, Lucia, Noor, and Zohar mean light. A third source is the calendar: June, Junia, Juniper, Julia, Julian, Juliet, August, Augusta, and Leo make quiet summer birth names without announcing the season.

The rest is summer itself. Flowers that peak in July (Marigold, Zinnia, Dahlia, Poppy), fruit (Peach, Clementine, Cherry), the coast (Coral, Marina, Kai, Isla, Azure, Skye), and the Midsummer, Litha, and Lughnasa festivals all work for characters and for pets. For a person, choose a name whose meaning is real and whose sound you like; for a dog or cat, Mango, Sunny, and Popsicle are fair game.