Behind the Name: Names Categorized "seasons"

AKI (2)fJapanese
From Japanese 晶 (aki) meaning "clear, crystal", 明 (aki) meaning "bright" or 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn". It can also come from 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" combined with 希 (ki) meaning "hope". Other kanji or combinations of kanji can form this name too.

AKIKOfJapanese
From Japanese 晶 (aki) meaning "clear, crystal", 明 (aki) meaning "bright" or 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.

AKIRAm & fJapanese
From Japanese 昭 (akira) meaning "bright", 明 (akira) meaning "bright" or 亮 (akira) meaning "clear". Other kanji with the same pronunciation can also form this name.

AUTUMNfEnglish
From the name of the season, ultimately from Latin autumnus. This name has been in general use since the 1960s.

AVIVm & fHebrew
Means "spring" in Hebrew.

AVIVAfHebrew
Feminine variant of AVIV.

BAHARfPersian, Turkish
Means "spring" in Persian and Turkish.

BAHARGÜLfTurkmen
Derived from Turkmen bahar meaning "spring" and gül meaning "flower, rose" (both roots ultimately of Persian origin).

CHUNf & mChinese
From Chinese 春 (chūn) meaning "spring (the season)" or other characters with a similar pronunciation.

FLORAfEnglish, German, Italian, Roman Mythology
Derived from Latin flos meaning "flower". Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, the wife of Zephyr the west wind. It has been used as a given name since the Renaissance, starting in France. In Scotland it was sometimes used as an Anglicized form of Fionnghuala.

FUYUKOfJapanese
From Japanese 冬 (fuyu) meaning "winter" and 子 (ko) meaning "child", as well as other combinations of kanji.

GOLBAHARfPersian
Means "spring rose" in Persian.

HAFfWelsh
Means "summer" in Welsh.

HARUm & fJapanese
From Japanese 陽 (haru) meaning "light, sun, male", 春 (haru) meaning "spring" or 晴 (haru) meaning "clear weather". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.

HARUKAf & mJapanese
From Japanese 遥 (haruka) meaning "distant, remote". It can also come from 春 (haru) meaning "spring" or 晴 (haru) meaning "clear weather" combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower, blossom" or 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance". Additionally, other kanji combinations can form this name.

HARUKOfJapanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" or 陽 (haru) meaning "light, sun, male" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child", as well as other kanji combinations.

HARUNAfJapanese
From Japanese 晴 (haru) meaning "clear weather", 遥 (haru) meaning "distant, remote" or 春 (haru) meaning "spring" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.

HAZANfTurkish
Means "autumn" in Turkish.

HEFINmWelsh
Means "summer" in Welsh.

HEFINAfWelsh
Feminine form of HEFIN.

KOHARUfJapanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" or 心 (ko) meaning "heart" combined with 春 (haru) meaning "spring". The compound word 小春 means "late summer". Other combinations of kanji characters can form this name as well.

LAVERNEf & mEnglish
From a surname which was derived from a French place name, ultimately derived from the Gaulish word vern meaning "alder". It is sometimes associated with the Roman goddess Laverna or the Latin word vernus "of spring".

MADHAVAmSanskrit, Hinduism
Means "vernal, of the springtime" in Sanskrit. This is an epithet of several Hindu gods. It was also the name of a 14th-century Hindu scholar.

MADHAVIfHinduism, Indian, Telugu, Marathi, Hindi
Feminine form of MADHAVA. This is another name of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.

MAIA (2)fRoman Mythology
Means "great" in Latin. This was the name of a Roman goddess of spring, the wife of Vulcan. The month of May is named for her.

NATSUKIfJapanese
From Japanese 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" and 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon". Alternatively, it can come from 夏 (natsu) meaning "summer" and 希 (ki) meaning "hope". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well.

NATSUKOfJapanese
From Japanese 夏 (natsu) meaning "summer" and 子 (ko) meaning "child", as well as other kanji combinations.

NATSUMIfJapanese
From Japanese 夏 (natsu) meaning "summer" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". It can also come from 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" and 摘 (tsumi) meaning "pick, pluck". Other kanji combinations are possible.

PERSEPHONEfGreek Mythology
Meaning unknown, probably of Pre-Greek origin, but perhaps related to Greek περθω (pertho) "to destroy" and φονη (phone) "murder". In Greek myth she was the daughter of Demeter and Zeus. She was abducted to the underworld by Hades, but was eventually allowed to return to the surface for part of the year. The result of her comings and goings is the changing of the seasons. With her mother she was worshipped in the Eleusinian Mysteries, which were secret rites practiced at the city of Eleusis near Athens.

PINARfTurkish
Means "spring" in Turkish.

PRANVERAfAlbanian
Derived from Albanian pranverë meaning "spring", itself from pranë "nearby, close" and verë "summer".

QIUm & fChinese
From Chinese 秋 (qiū) meaning "autumn", 丘 (qiū) meaning "hill, mound", or other characters with a similar pronunciation. The given name of the philosopher Confucius was 丘.

RABI (1)mArabic
Means "springtime" in Arabic.

RABI'AfArabic
Feminine form of RABI (1). It is also a variant transcription of RAABI'A.

RABİAfTurkish
Turkish form of RAABI'A or RABI'A.

SHIZUKAfJapanese
From Japanese 静 (shizu) meaning "quiet" combined with 夏 (ka) meaning "summer" or 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance". Other kanji combinations are possible.

SOMARLIÐRmAncient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of SOMERLED.

SOMERLEDmScottish
Anglicized form of the Old Norse name Somarliðr meaning "summer traveller". This was the name of a 12th-century Scottish warlord who created a kingdom on the Scottish islands.

SOMHAIRLEmScottish, Irish
Gaelic form of Somarliðr (see SOMERLED).

SOMMERfEnglish (Modern)
Variant of SUMMER, coinciding with the German word for summer.

SORLEYmScottish, Irish
Anglicized form of SOMHAIRLE.

SPRINGfEnglish
From the name of the season, ultimately from Old English springan "to leap, to burst forth".

STAVf & mHebrew
Means "autumn" in Hebrew.

SUMMERfEnglish
From the name of the season, ultimately from Old English sumor. It has been in use as a given name since the 1970s.

SUVIfFinnish
Means "summer" in Finnish.

THUfVietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 秋 (thu) meaning "autumn".

VERA (2)fAlbanian
Derived from Albanian verë meaning "summer".

VERNAfEnglish
Feminine form of VERNON, sometimes associated with the Latin word vernus "spring". It has been in use since the 19th century.

VESNAfCroatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian
Means "messenger" in Slavic. This was the name of a Slavic spirit associated with the springtime. In many Slavic languages this is now the poetic word for "spring". It has been used as a given name only since the 20th century.

WINTERfEnglish (Modern)
From the English word for the season, derived from Old English winter.

XUÂNm & fVietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 春 (xuân) meaning "spring (the season)".

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