Warm summer days stretching into long summer nights. Lemonade. Sun dresses. Crickets chirping at night. That’s what I’ve always thought summer should feel like. I live in San Francisco though, so my summer days are usually foggy and improved by a warm sweater. We get our summer weather in October.

No matter what your summer is like, June 21st marks the summer solstice – the official beginning of summer and the longest day of the year. If you’re having a summertime baby, you may want some seasonal inspiration. Here’s a list of some lovely baby name ideas for summer babies:

• AKIRA – (Japanese) “dawn”
• AUGUST
• AURORA – (Latin) “dawn”
• DAWN
• DAY
• HORATIA / HORATIO – (Latin) “timekeeper”
• JULY
• JUNE
• KIA – (African) “season’s start”
• NATSU – (Japanese) “born in summer”
• NYSSA – (Greek) “beginning”
• ORIANA / ORIA – (Latin) “sunrise”
• ROXANE / ROXIE – (Persian) “dawn”
• SABA – (Arabic) “morning”
• SEASON
• SOLSTICE
• SOMERSET – (English) “summer town”
• SUMMER
• SUN / SUNNY / SUNSHINE
• THEROS – (Greek) “summer”
• USHA – (Sanskrit) “sunrise”
• ZORA – (Slavic) “dawn”

Ask me on a different day and I may have a different favorite, but despite being a little on the nose for a summertime baby, June and Summer are names I have always loved. What about you? What season do you think inspires the best baby names?

Happy naming ♥ Amanda