Given name & surname
Somer
“born during the summer”
Somer is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “born during the summer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “born during the summer.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Somer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,244
- 0 boys · 2,244 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 152 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,951 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,951 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 152 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,941 as a first name in 2020; 349 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.
Somer’s family of names
Somer has a related form in Summer. Somer has a related form in Sommer. Somer has a related form in Somar.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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