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Girl · Latin, through English
June
Say it: JOON
Meaning
From the month name, which comes from Latin Iunius, the month associated with the goddess Juno.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A month name taken up as a girls' name in the early 20th century, peaking in the 1920s and revived in the 2010s.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 199,822 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1925, about 1 in 183 girls
- 1,610 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- June Carter Cash, American singer
- June Allyson, American actress
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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