Since its the first day of Summer, I thought I would include a post with names that have a “Summery” meaning. Below is a list of male and female names that either mean “Summer” or have “Summery” associations.
Beach/Sea Related Names
Female
- Halia (briny)=Greek
- Laine (wave)=Estonian (LIE-ne)
- Meri (sea) =Finnish
- Morveren (girl of the sea)=Cornish
- Muriel (sea bright)=Gaelic
- Neringa (to dive)=Lithuanian, also the name of a popular summer destination on the Baltic for many Latvians and Lithuanians
- Oceana (ocean)=Greek
- Psamathe (sand goddess)=Greek
- Sadaf (seashell)=Arabic
Male
- Dylan (great sea; great tide)=Welsh
Flower Names (all Female)
- Alaleh (buttercip)=Persian
- Biljana (herb)=Serbo-Croatian
- Carmel (garden; orchard)=Hebrew
- Dalileh (orchard; green field)=Persian
- Ffion (foxglove)=Welsh
- Fifa (cotton-grass)=Icelandic
- Kalina (guelder rose)=Polish/Ukrainian
- Kanerva (heather)=Finnish
- Linnea (twinflower)=Swedish
- Lotis (lotus)=Greek
- Madara (cleaver)=Latvian
- Nevena (marigold)=Bulgarian
- Padmini (full of Lotuses)=Sanskrit
- Ruta (rue)=Lithuanian
- Sanziana (bedstraw; holy fairies)=Romanian, also the name of a Midsummer Romanian festival
- Sollilja (sun lily)=Icelandic
- Soley (buttercup)=Icelandic
General Nature Related Names
Female
- Alnura (sunlight)=Kazakh
- Audra (storm)=Lithuanian
- Aura (breeze)=Greek
- Dima (downpour)=Arabic
- Enfys (rainbow)=Welsh
- Esti (honey; sweet)=Basque
- Juniana (June)=Icelandic
- Melissa/Melitta (honey bee)=Greek
- Mist (mist)=Old Norse
- Parvaneh (butterfly)=Persian
- Rasa (dew)=Lithuanian
- Rhanis (rain-drop)=Greek
- Rositsa (dew)=Bulgarian
- Saya (summer breeze)-Kazakh
- Sunniva (sun gift)=Anglo-Saxon/Norwegian
- Vaiva (rainbow)=Lithuanian
Male
- August
- Beowulf (bee-wolf)=Anglo-Saxon
- Ekain (June)=Basque
- Iker (July)=Basque
- Keanu (cool breeze; coolness)=Hawaiian
- Mazin (rain clouds)=Arabic
- Messor (mower; harvester)=Latin
- Rustis (scorching hot)=Lithuanian
- Storm (storm)=Norwegian
- Zephyr (west wind)=Greek
Names that mean Summer (all Female)