June

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Can I have honest opinions on June as a given name? My baby is due in November but June is a particularly important month for me and DH (met, married, my birthday, found out DD was a DD). Would it be weird that she's not a summer baby? Is it too old fashioned? I particularly like The Handmaid's Tale reference as it's one of my favourite books. Also, any good middle names or nicknames? I think Juni is cute ☺️

I love It! And it's not too out there to be a difficult name to live with but super cute

I don't like it. I think it's very boring and not very nice sounding.

Fine as a middle name, but not as a first name.

I think it's quite nice although prefer Juno

I like it. I knew a friend's mum called June and she was lovely.

More recently I think of it as a really strong name after watching The Handmaid's Tale where the main character is called June.

I love it too op. Time for a revival.

I love it but it a family name so I'm biased 😂

The Junes I've met are all 60s/70s/80s - it does bring June Whitfield to mind for me, but I think it's probably coming back, maybe due to people looking for an alternative to May, and also because names from that era are becoming popular again.

In terms of The Handmaid's Tale, you'd be naming her after the show not the book. We don't learn Offred's real name in the book and Margaret Atwood has said it was never her intention for her to be called June, people just picked up on a reference and assumed. It sounds like you have plenty of other reasons to choose it though.

Beautiful

I like it.

Middle name fine but wouldn't for a first name. It's old fashioned but not in a good way. I like Juno though.

My Nanny is called June- born in June though

It's not suitable for a November baby.

I would if they were born in June but not November!
Maybe a middle name?

Loads of Junes born in the past who weren't born in June. It was a dead common name.

It's fine. I prefer Juno. Juno is cool, whereas June is everyone's great aunt.

Hate Juno - but it reminds me of the film which I thought was awful.

I think June if the child was born in June would actually be weirder! Your reasons make it a lovely name :)

I like it!
It would also make a fab middle name if you decided that you'd rather have a different first name. It goes with basically anything

I definitely think there is no need for a connection between birth month and name. Fine for a November baby.

Why does a June baby have to be born in June? No other name has to be so literal-not all boys named Rufus have to have red hair nor all girls called Grace be graceful. Plus June has special meaning for her parents. I like it and find it quite refreshing.

Love it, and love your reasons for it.

I like Juno, but June makes me think of Terry & June, or a middle aged busybody.

I prefer Juno.

June is beautiful and feminine

Juno sounds masculine and reminds me of a sumo wrestler

I think it's very aged sounding. I'd expect to find a June hanging out with Geraldine and Maureen. It could make a good middle name but definitely no to it as first name.

Juno sounds masculine and reminds me of a sumo wrestler

Except that Juno was the Roman Queen of the Gods.