Given name & surname
June
June is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “one who is youthful; born during the month of June.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who is youthful; born during the month of June.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
Possibly from Old French juin, from Latin iūnius, from Latin Iūnius, built from Latin Iūnō + -ius.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
June through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 209,183
- 3,627 boys · 205,556 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 6,723 babies
- 2025
- 2,044
- #150 for girls · #2,172 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +32%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 3% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,978 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 150 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 30.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6,649 in 1925. It also appeared in 66 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (224). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 92,671 as a first name in 2020; 4,058 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
June’s family of names
In English usage, June has a short form in Jun. In English usage, June shares a linguistic root with Diana. June has a related form in Junia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
June has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
7 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Juniepet form · English
- Juniavariant
- Junshort form · English
- Junellvariant
- Junaevariant
- Junitavariant
- Junettevariant
- Junellevariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Juniperequivalent
- Dianacognate · English
- Juniequivalent
- Junaequivalent
- Júniaequivalent
- 준equivalent
- ဇွန်borrowing · Burmese
- Iuneborrowing · Hawaiian
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See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named June
- June AllysonAmerican actress (1917–2006)
- June SquibbAmerican actressborn 1929
- June LockhartAmerican actress (1925–2025)
- June HuhKorean-American mathematicianborn 1983
- June ForayAmerican voice actress (1917–2017)
- June AlmeidaBritish virologist1930–2007
- June HaverAmerican actress (1926–2005)
- June WhitfieldEnglish actress (1925–2018)
- June Diane RaphaelAmerican actress, comedian, and screenwriterborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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