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 has 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 has ranked among the top 100 names for girls in recent years in Scotland, England, Wales, New Zealand, and Australia. 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. It was the 141st most popular name for American girls born in the United States in 2021.
It could also be a variant of the Arabic name Samar meaning an evening conversation.
Notable people
- Summer Altice, American model
- Summer Bishil, American actress
- Summer Bartholomew, winner of the 1975 Miss USA pageant
- Summer Cem, German rapper of Turkish descent
- Summer Edward, Trinidadian-American writer, children's editor, educator, literary activist, and literature specialist
- Summer Erb, American basketball player
- Summer Glau, American actress
- Summer Lee, American lawyer, community organizer, and Pennsylvania's Democratic representative
- Summer Lochowicz, Australian volleyball player
- Summer McIntosh, Canadian Olympic swimmer & world record holder in women's 400 metre long course freestyle and medley events.
- Summer Meng, Taiwanese actress
- Summer Moak, American racing cyclist
- Summer Mortimer, former Canadian-Dutch paraswimmer
- Summer Phoenix, American actress
- Summer Rae, American wrestler
- Summer Rayne Oakes, American fashion model, environmental activist, author, and entrepreneur
- Summer Ross, American beach volleyball player
- Summer Sanders, American swimmer and sports commentator
- Summer Schmit, American Paralympic swimmer
- Summer Stephan, District Attorney for the County of San Diego
- Summer Strallen, English actress and musical theatre performer
- Summer Watson, British opera singer
- Summer XO, American singer
- Summer Walker, American singer
Fictional characters
- Cure Summer, protagonist of Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure
- Summer Dawson, from the novel Wonder
- Summer Finn, from 500 Days of Summer
- Summer Gleeson, from Batman: The Animated Series
- Summer Hathaway, a character in School of Rock
- Summer Hartley, from Definitely, Maybe
- Summer Holiday from The Sims 4
- Summer Hoyland, from Neighbours
- Summer Hugglemonster, from Henry Hugglemonster
- Summer Jones, a.k.a. Wonder, from the film Zoom
- Summer Moran, from Dirk Pitt
- Summer Newman, a character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Roberta "Summer" Quinn, a character in the American action drama TV series Baywatch
- Summer Roberts, from The O.C.
- Summer Shaw, from Hollyoaks
- Summer Wheatley, from Napoleon Dynamite
- Summer, minor character in Futari wa Pretty Cure
- Summer Penguin, from the 2018 revival of Muppet Babies
- Summer, a character from the 2020 video game ''Spiritfarer''