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My name is Summer and through all of my years of life i have only met 3 people with my name! I have heard that the stereotypical Summer is Blonde but i'm Mixed with black and white with brown eyes and curly brown hair. I love my name because no one ever seems to forget it. Personally I am very bad with names so if someone has a unique name I am more likely to remember it, but if it is a name that is used alot I am more likely to Forget it. Every time I meet someone new they always ask if my sisters name is winter...which its not it's Sierra but its the joke everytime someone see's me. I remember when I was younger wanting to change my name to my middle name Alyssa because that was my Best friends name and I handed my dad a note saying "Can I change my name to alyssa check yes or no" I am glad he checked no because now I LOVE my name and every joke that comes with it.

My name is Summer and I do fit all the physical stereotypes of the name (though my hair is redder now than when I was a young and I was born in the spring). People say that it fits me perfectly because I'm very outgoing and really like to have fun(I graduated in theatre. I didn't like my name growing up either, but I love it now.
I think it was because it is so easy for little kids and teenagers to make fun of. Just beware that your child may not initially love their name. When we moved I really wanted to go by a different name, but my middle name is Lee and that wasn't "cool" enough. At any rate, I thought I'd list some of the jokes/nicknames you'll be encountering:
Being called every other season
Being asked hundreds of stupid questions about your ability to control the weather (Hey summer, why is it still winter?)
Summer Dumber
Summer Bummer
Summer Plumber (though I only ever heard this from a college friend who was trying to come up with something I'd never heared before)
My last name was a color so I got this a lot: Summer White, some are green, some are brown, some are, some aren't, Winter Green (I had a high school teacher that ALWAYS called me wintergreen, it was annoying to say the least).
Being asked if your sister is named one of the other seasons (though I do have cousins named Autumn, Spring, Summer and Winter).

Personal experiences with the name Summer: | Edit

My first name is Summer. I don't fit the usual "Summer" characteristics that people expect before meeting me. I was born in January, and I am not blonde. I find people often expect that my parents were hippies (weren't) and that I would be a little spacey. (I have two master's degrees.)

Now that I am an adult, I am grateful to have a unique name. I receive compliments on it frequently, and I feel it distinguishes me from the crowd. No one forgets my name after meeting me. I enjoy having my own personal holiday on the Summer Solstice. As a child, however, I hated my name. I distinctly remember coming home from the first day of kindergarten and asking my parents to rename me Jessica or Kelly. Later on, I had to sit in front of a Winter in class and was forced to play before an Autumn at every single piano recital.

There are definite ups and downs with a seasonal name. I suggest doing as my parents did and adding a traditional middle name just in case.

I definitely don't think that you need to be born in the Summer to have this name. I know a Summer born in December and an Autumn born in August, so it doesn't really matter! It's a beautiful name.

My name is Autumn and I have a daughter Summer. I loved my unique name and wanted my daughter to also have one. She is not blonde and blue eyed (I actually am) and was born in February (I have the Summer birthday). I love her name and wouldn't change it!

Nicknames for Summer: | Edit

Sum
Summy
Sum Sum

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Famous real-life people named Summer: | Edit

Summer Sanders (professional volleyball player)
Summer Bartholomew (model on game show, Sale of the Century, and Miss USA, 1975)
Summer Glau (American actress/dancer)

Summer in song, story & screen: | Edit

Summer is one of the students in the movie The School Of Rock
Summer Roberts (played by Rachel Bilson) on The O.C.
The film "(500) Days of Summer" tells the story of a love affair between a romantic greeting-card writer and a free-spirited woman named Summer, played by Zooey Deschanel.