Summer

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Summer is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name23K records spelled Summer8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Peru, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Sümmer, Sùmmer, Summêr, Sümmër

• Hindi given name17K records spelled Summer69 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan, United States, Bangladesh

  Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Urdu

  Also written Samar, Shamara, Samaru, সমর, Samara

• Polish given name1.7K records spelled Summer13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Poland, Russia, Czechia

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Суммер, Саммер, Sammer, Sűmměr

• Indonesian given name1.4K records spelled Summer2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Indonesia, Philippines

  Also written Summër

61 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Summer is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, probably from OFr somier ‘sumpter’; first attested Adam, Geoffrey Sumer 1203, 1205 P (Ess, O)

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In English, English common noun meaning “summer”; used as a given name in the U.S.

  as a name·Tên Họ Người Việt Nam

• In English, One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as spanning the months of June, July, and August in the Northern Hemisphere and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, after the season

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• Nacida durante el verano

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 82 years between 1914–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Kenya Mooreb. 1971USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress, model, author, and entrepreneur
• Summer Sandersb. 1972USAmerican sports commentator, reporter, television personality, actress and former competition swimmer
• Summer Phoenixb. 1978USAmerican actress
• Summer Alticeb. 1979USAmerican fashion model and actress
• Summer Glaub. 1981USAmerican actress
• Summer Leeb. 1987USAmerican politician (born 1987)
• Summer Bishilb. 1988USactress
• Ella Purnellb. 1996GBnot in their usual nameEnglish-born British actress (born 1996)
• Summer Walkerb. 1996USAmerican R&B singer
• Summer McIntoshb. 2006CACanadian swimmer (2006-)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 723 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Summer?

We estimate roughly 71 thousand people bear Summer (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Summer have the most bearers?

We estimate about 70 thousand people bear Summer in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled summer.

How common is Summer compared with other names?

In Australia, Summer is the 539th most common given name of 197,734 given names recorded there.

Is Summer a male or female name?

Summer is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Summer mean?

Recorded meaning: (i) from a medieval nickname for someone with a summery disposition or connection with summer; (ii) translation of Irish Gaelic O Samhraidh; (iii) different form of Sumner and Sumpter.