If you’re giving birth in summertime, you may want to give your little one a sweet and sunny name that conjures up the season they came into the world.
And as well as having sentimental meaning, names inspired by summer are happy, positive and just plain gorgeous!
Here are 20 of our faves:
Girls
1. Coral – it conjures up swimming in turquoise seas
2. Jasmine – the beautiful summer scent
3. Summer – well, it speaks for itself really!
4. Dahlia – this lovely flower blooms in summertime
5. Pearl – the birthstone for June
6. Isla – meaning ‘island’
7. Kyra – a Greek name meaning ‘sun’
8. Eliana – meaning ‘daughter of the sun’
9. Aine – the Irish goddess associated with the sun
10. Thea – Greek goddess of the sun, dawn and the moon
Boys
1. Sonny – a nod to the sunny weather
2. Leo – like the summer star sign
3. Rowan – meaning a tree flowering with red berries
4. River – bringing to mind a river flowing in the sunshine
5. Elio – a variation of the Spanish god of the sun Helios
6. Arun – ‘sun’ in Hindi
7. Samson – a Hebrew name that means ‘sun’
8. Ciro – of Spanish origin meaning ‘sun’
9. Cyrus – of African origin meaning ‘sun’
10. Dayton – meaning 'a bright and sunny town'
