Summer, May, June, April, Autumn.... Have to be born then?

[curiousgeorgie]

So... Could you have a DD born in December and call her April? Or Summer? Etc...

What's the etiquette on this kind of name?

Obviously there is no law, but Id say. Yes they do. Calling a child born on Christmas day Summer. Will just sound ridiculous

DD is named the Welsh word for "Holly". We constantly get asked if she was born in December. We reply "no, April". Everyone moves on with their day.

I don't think the month they're born really matters.

Yes

How many people will actually know when she was born? Going through her life, outside family and friends?

I wouldn't... I have 2 daughters - their middle names are Autumn and Summer (they were born in these seasons)

No, they're names in their own right. Would you find it weird if a baby India or Devon hadn't actually been born in (or even visited) those places?

I don't intrinsically link those names to a certain time of year - I just think that June and Summer are girl's names, in the same way that Lily and Imogen are girl's names. If that makes any sense whatsoever. I've just Googled a few famous 'Junes' and not one was born in June.

If anything I find it a bit cringey when people do 'theme' names. Like when the Beckhams named their son Brooklyn after when he was conceived. Or when people have twins at Christmas and call them Holly and Noel.

The April I know was born in December.

The May I know was born in July.

The Summer I know was born in October (spring where I live).

I think it'd be a lot weirder to name your child April when they were born in April. It just seems unimaginative.

Obviously there is no law, but Id say. Yes they do. Calling a child born on Christmas day Summer. Will just sound ridiculous

Not if they live in the Southern Hemisphere.

I know a Summer born in March. She was conceived in the summer

No, they're names in their own right. Would you find it weird if a baby India or Devon hadn't actually been born in (or even visited) those places

Agreed. I've never made a link between the name and the month or season. Lots of names mean other things. It's like asking "is it weird to call my daughter Ivy even though she wasn't born in the garden?"

I worked with a May for years and never thought about when she might have been born. It was irrelevant.

I have an Autumn who is Autumn baby (corny me )

I loved the name and it just happened to be the season she was born. I'm not sure that I would have used that name if she was born in a different season though.

May is a form of Mary, or it used to be. I know a May born in April. It's also a flower, the hawthorn. The name Mary means bitter.

If you like the name Summer then use it.

I know a Summer born in winter and this is the first time I've thought about it. It's just her name.

I so know a June born in June. I kind of think her parents lacked imagination! Although I only recently found out when her birthday was. Again, I didn't think about before and it was just her name.