June (given name)

June
	Flaming June (1895) by Lord Leighton
Gender	Common female
Origin
Word/name	Latin

June is a female given name, but it is also used as a male given name in English-speaking countries. It comes from the name of the month, which is derived from Juno, the name of a Roman goddess.^[1] It is also a short form of the names Juniper, Junia, Junius and Junior.

June was a very popular girl's name and somewhat popular boy's name in the early to mid 20th century in the United States. As a girl's name, it reached a peak in 1925 as the 39th most popular name, but then gradually declined until it dropped off the top 1000 list of names in 1987. In recent years, it has started to make a comeback: in 2017 it ranked 244th.^[2]

As a boy's name, June reached a peak in 1922 at 697th, but then also declined and left the top 1000 list in 1939.

People named June include:

June Allyson (1917–2006), American film and television actress, popular in the 1940s and 1950s
June Anderson, American coloratura soprano
June Atkinson, the North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction
June Black (1910 - 2009), New Zealand ceramic artist and painter
June Blair (born 1933), American model and actress best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in January 1957
June Bland, British actress best known for her guest appearances in two Doctor Who serials
June Brigman, American comic book artist and illustrator
June Bronhill (1929–2005), soprano opera singer
June Brown, British actress and director best known as Dot Branning in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
June Callwood, Canadian journalist and social activist
June Caprice (1895–1936), American silent film actress
June Carter Cash (1929–2003), American singer, songwriter, actress, member of the Carter Family, and second wife of singer Johnny Cash
June Chadwick, English actress
June Christy (1925–1990), American jazz singer popular in the 1950s
June Clark (nurse), Professor of Community Nursing at the University of Wales, Swansea
June Cochran (1942–2004), American model and beauty queen
June Collyer (1906–1968), American actress
June Croft (born 1963), British freestyle swimmer
June Downey (1875–1932), American psychologist
June Duprez (1918–1984), British film actress
June Ferguson (1928–2004), Australian sprinter and coach
June Fletcher, writer for The Wall Street Journal
June Foray (1917–2017), American voice actress who has worked for most of the studios which produced animated films since the 1940s
June Gibbons, (born 1963) one of two identical twins whose story is a curious case involving psychology and language
June Haimoff, English environmentalist
June Harding, child and teen actress
June Haver (1926–2005), American film actress
June Havoc (1912–2010), American actress, dancer, writer and theater director
June Hutton (1920–1973), American popular singer
June James (American football) (1962–1990), American football linebacker
June James (cricketer) (born 1925), Australian cricket player
June James (producer) (born 1990), American music producer
June Jones, American football player and coach
June Jordan (1936–2002), African-American bisexual political activist, writer, poet and teacher
June Lang (1915–2005), American film actress
June Leow, Malaysian politician
June Lloyd, Baroness Lloyd of Highbury (1928–2006), British paediatrician and, in retirement, a cross bench member of the House of Lords
June Lockhart (born 1925), American actress
June MacCloy (1909–2005), American actress in the 1930s and 1940s
June Marlowe (1903–1984), American actress
June Maston (born 1928), retired Australian sprinter
June Mathis (1892–1927), screenwriter and Hollywood executive in the 1920s
June McCarroll (1867–1954), a nurse (later a physician) who is credited with the idea of painting lines on highways to separate lanes
June Miller (1902–1979), the second wife of Henry Miller
June Millington, in 1969 founded Fanny, the first all girl rock band signed to a major record label
June Page, British actress
June Palmer (1940–2004), aka June Power, model
June Peppas, a professional baseball player for the AAGPBL from 1948 to 1954
June Pointer (1953–2006), American vocalist best known for her work with The Pointer Sisters
June Rowlands, 60th mayor of Toronto, Ontario, and the first woman to hold that office
June Salter (1932–2001), Australian actress
June Sarpong, British television presenter
June C. Smith (1875-1947), American jurist, Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
June Tabor (born 1947), English folk singer
June Taylor (1918–2004), American choreographer
June Tripp, sometimes known just as June, British actress
June Tyson (1936–1992), jazz singer
June Vincent (born 1920), actress
June Walker (1900–1966), American stage and film actress
June Westbury, Canadian politician
June Whitfield, English actress

Fictional characters

June Cleaver, in the US television series Leave It to Beaver
June Motomiya (Jun Motomiya), in Digimon Zero Two
June Slater, in the American soap opera Loving
Chameleon June, in the Japanese manga series Saint Seiya
June Iparis, a main character in the novel Legend
June, short for Juniper, in the animated television series The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
June, from the show KaBlam!
June, in the American animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender
June, one of the main characters in the Little Einsteins television series
The female main character on That '80s Show, whose first name "June" is mentioned in only one episode

June (given name)

People named June include:

Fictional characters

References

See also

June
Flaming June (1895) by Lord Leighton
Gender	Common female
Origin
Word/name	Latin