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The name Summer?

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idontknow6 · 12/05/2017 11:06

Recently I have come across this name and was wondering if people generally like or dislike it? I think it used to be a bit more common but not too sure...

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CreamCheez · 12/05/2017 21:09

I like it. But only if born in summer...

WinterWonders · 12/05/2017 21:09

P.s I'm interested by the fact it has been referred to as 'unimaginative' on this thread! Really?! I had only ever heard of one other Summer (actress) when we chose that name, so I can't agree with you on that one.

TheLegendOfBeans · 12/05/2017 21:07

For a weird reason I think of it as a "mean girl's" name.

I also don't think anyone that doesn't live in California or the Gold Coast can name their child it without it being a bit naff.

WinterWonders · 12/05/2017 21:06

My dd is called Summer! She is 9yrs old.
We still love the name as much as we did when we chose to it. I'm sad to see that some of you don't like it, but I guess it would be boring if we all liked the same things!

SuperBeagle · 12/05/2017 21:00

I don't like it. It ends up being pronounced "summa" here, which is awful.

StarUtopia · 12/05/2017 20:59

Awful.

PodgeBod · 12/05/2017 20:57

I like it. It's a happy sort of name.

user1486076969 · 12/05/2017 20:43

I'm not a fan.

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 12/05/2017 20:27

Lovely OP.

pinkhorse · 12/05/2017 18:37

I know loads of summers and for that reason don't like the name. It's very lowbrow here too

SmokeCloak · 12/05/2017 18:32

Low brow? Get over yourselves.

Dontrocktheboat · 12/05/2017 18:30

I'm not keen on it, it seems quite trendy and there are prettier sounding names. But might be as I am not really into summer as a season (I do quite like Autumn!)

Floggingmolly · 12/05/2017 18:13

Is your baby due in the summer? I don't actually like this thing of naming kids after the season or month they were born in.
There was a thread a while ago where the op wanted to call her dd Bambina under the illusion that it was Italian for baby girl... Confused
It reminds me of the Native American tribal thing of naming the child after the first thing you see after it's birth.

Emma1609 · 12/05/2017 18:08

Really like it - pretty and cool.

littlepooch · 12/05/2017 18:04

I don't like it at all. I know one and she gets called sumsums all the time and it makes me teeth itch.

That said - if you like it then fair enough.

Mrsknackered · 12/05/2017 18:02

Do some people think being a snob is an attractive trait?
Low brow? Jeremy Kyle? Get a grip.
And I don't even like the name

KarineAimee · 12/05/2017 16:20

Lovely

ofudginghell · 12/05/2017 16:01

I like it Wink
But then being a Jeremy Kyle low brow type of person I guess I would eh. WinkHmm
It's more popular than it was when I named my child.
And no I'm not a jk type or whatever low brow some of you posters profess that we are.

I'm guessing Katie Hopkins is hiding in the thread somewhere Grin

I know a fair few of the slightly older generation now called April,Autumn,,May,June ........
They can't all be jk types surely Hmm

happytimewife · 12/05/2017 16:00

My daughter is 6 months and we have called her Autumn we live in Oxfordshire and it's not very common.

I personally like Summer

NightWanderer · 12/05/2017 15:57

I like it but i loved The OC. I used to work with a woman called Autumn.

twilightcafe · 12/05/2017 15:55

Not keen.

Summer is a bit lowbrow where I live. Sorry.

CricketRuntAndRashers · 12/05/2017 15:46

names.darkgreener.com/#summer

On a rather steady decline.

zeeboo · 12/05/2017 15:45

Very popular around here with the 'potential Jeremy Kyle guest' fraternity. Not a name I'd choose.

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idontknow6 · 12/05/2017 15:44

I was wondering if it is trendy? i hope it's notSmile

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