June

Where June comes from

From Middle English June, june, re-Latinised variants of earlier Middle English Juyn, juyng, from Old French juing, juin, from Latin iūnius, the month of the goddess Iuno (“Juno”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu (“vital force, youthful vigor”).
— Wiktionary's entry for June
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #449 among girls — 14 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1917
    June Allyson born
    American actress
  3. 1925
    Peak, #39
    6,649 babies named June — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1929
    June Carter Cash born
    American singer
  5. 2025
    The comeback
    Back to #150 after sinking to #1,947 in 2003.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English], for a girl born in June, used since the end of the 19th century.
  • A male given name, or more often nickname, for a boy who is junior to someone else, especially someone with the same name, such as his father.
Namesakes
  • June Allyson · American actress, 1917–2006
  • June Carter Cash · American singer, 1929–2003
  • June Squibb · American actress, born 1929
  • June Lockhart · American actress, 1925–2025
  • June Huh · Korean-American mathematician, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.