Excuse my language, but summer in DC has been absolute hell. The muggy, 100 degree, humidity has finally subsided. The flying Palmetto bugs have gone off to die and Starbucks has started reserving the Pumpkin Spice Latte, yum! The leaves are soon to change beautiful colours, and talks of Halloween party planning is on the rise.

Maybe this fall you are expecting, or maybe you are just curious to see what names have an “Autumn-y” ring to them. Below is a list of names with an Autumn punch.

Names that mean “autumn; fall.”

Females

Akiha “autumn leaf” (Japanese)
Akiko “bright autumn child” (Japanese)
Automne “autumn” (French)
Autumn (English)
Hazan “autumn” (Turkish)
Thu “autumn” (Vietnamese)
Udazken (Basque)

Males

Mitsuaki “bright autumn” (Japanese)
Setav “autumn” (Hebrew)

Then there are the names that are associated with the autumn months,

Females

Hedra “October” (Cornish)
Oktyabrina “October” (Russian)
Tola “October” (Khmer)

Gwyneth Paltrow went out of the box to name her daughter Apple. Many were horrified, others appreciated her daring choice.

September and October is Apple season, and believe it or not, there are a lot of legitimate names that mean apple.

Poma (Italian)
Omena (Finnish)
Poméline (French)
Pomme (French)
Pomona (Latin)

Other edibles associated with fall

Females

Airi “love pear” (Japanese)
Akimi “autumn fruit” (Japanese)
Anara “pomegranate” (Kazakh)
Carya “hazelnut” (Greek)
Cerise “cherry” (French)
Dardana “pear” (Albanian)
Dunja “quince” (Serbo-Croatian)
Kirsikka “cherry” (Finnish)
Mei “plum” (Chinese)
Narineh “pomegranate” (Armenian)
Prunella “plum” (Italian)
Shanar “pomegranate flower” (Persian)
Ume “plum” (Japanese)
Umeko “plum child” (Japanese)

Males

Dardan “pear” (Albanian)
Grozdan “grapes” (Bulgarian/Macedonian)
Terho “acorn” (Finnish)

Many flowers have died, but some have just started to bloom, below is a list of fall flowers or names that are associated with autumnal florals. All of these are feminine.

Amarantha/Amaranthe
Anemone
Aster
Ayame “iris” (Japanese)
Camellia
Delphine (as in delphinium)
Freesia
Ginevra “juniper” (Italian)
Gloriosa
Iris
Laelia
Lavender
Liatris
Marigold
Nergis “narcissus” (Turkish)
Pleione
Poppy
Rose
Saffron
Susan (as in black-eyed Susan)
Tsubaki “camellia flower” (Japanese)
Violet

This time of year, the trees start to get the spotlight, on the Potomac, there are boat tours focused on the viewing of the changing colours of the trees that dot the bays. Below is a list of names that have meanings to do with trees.

Females

Acacia
Balanis “hazelnut tree” (Greek)
Björk “birch tree” (Icelandic)
Daphne “laurel” (Greek)
Dubravka “oak tree” (Old Slavic)
Elah “oak tree; terebinth tree” (Hebrew)
Elowen “elm tree” (Cornish)
Embla “elm tree” (Old Norse)
Hadassah “myrtle” (Hebrew)
Ilana “tree” (Hebrew)
Javorka “maple tree” (Serbo-Croatian)
Jela “fir tree” (Serbo-Croatian)
Kalina “rowan tree” (Bulgarian)
Keziah “cassia” (Hebrew)
Laurel
Melia “ash tree” (Greek)
Myrtle
Ornella “ash tree” (Italian)
Phyllis “foliage” (Greek)
Taimi “sapling” (Finnish)
Willow
Yasenka “ash tree” (Bulgarian)

Males

Alon “oak tree” (Hebrew)
Arvid “eagle tree” (Old Norse)
Ask “ash tree” (Old Norse)
Cormac “tree trunk” (Gaelic)
Eoghan “born of the yew tree” (Gaelic)
Heath
Ilan “tree” (Hebrew)
Javor “maple tree” (Serbo-Croatian)
Jovaras “sycamore” (Lithuanian)
Oren “pine tree” (Hebrew)
Rowan
Tomer “palm tree” (Hebrew)
Yasen “ash tree” (Bulgarian)

Other names related to the autumn months

Females

Aella “whirlwind” (Greek)
Alizée name of a trade wind that usually occurs during November (French)
Ekin “harvest” (Turkish)
Grania “grain” (Gaelic)
Hazel (English)
Hestia “hearth; fireside” (Greek)
Opal name of the birthstone of October
Tuuli “wind” (Finnish)
Uma “flax” (Sanskrit)

Male

Dagon “grain” (Sumerian)
Hari “brown; yellow; tawny” (Sanskrit)
Pekko name of the Finnish god of fields and crops