Showing posts with label October baby names. Show all posts
Showing posts with label October baby names. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

NAME OF THE DAY: October

๐ŸŽ‰Happy October! Today is the beginning of the month (my favorite month ๐ŸŽƒ) and therefore I will talk about the name ๐Ÿ“›October ๐Ÿงก

October: "is the tenth month by our Gregorian calendar and is from the Latin octo and Greek okto, meaning “eight.” October was the eighth month of the year rather than the tenth as it is today. The Roman calendar was only ten months long and included the following months: Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Quintilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, and December. As you can see, January and February hadn’t been added to the calendar yet! Like its neighboring months September, November, and December, the month of October kept its numerical name, even after Julius Caesar expanded the calendar year from 10 months to 12. The use of October increased after the Norman invasion of 1066, eventually replacing the Old English vernacular term Winterfylleรฐ (“Winter full moon”)," Dictionary.com explains

On October being used as a first name, Nameberry asks, "What is so rare as a month named June? October – and November and December – are a lot rarer. Brisk and substantial, they're so much more memorable and modern than April or May." 

October is not unanimously seen as a unisex name but both baby boys and girls use it. Although, My Name Stats claims according to SSA data, usually October is used as a girl's name 100% of the time. The most Octobers can be found fittingly in ๐Ÿ“Massachusetts, followed by Rhode Island. October also is a surname. ๐Ÿ“›

October is one of my favorite first names ๐Ÿ˜   as in ๐Ÿ†"Top 10 Favorite Names"๐Ÿ“›๐Ÿ“ƒI love it so much! ๐Ÿฅฐ It's a name I definitely wish ✨ I had if I could have been born with a name other than my own. ๐Ÿ˜ญ I actually knew an October in my college years and I was beyond in awe ๐Ÿ˜ฎ at her name, envious too. ๐Ÿ˜Š I remembering going up to her after or before class one day and inquiring about her unique name. ๐Ÿง When she said her grandmother was named October too I was really wowed! ๐Ÿคฏ

๐Ÿ“›October is an outstanding ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ really rare first name (I prefer it more so for a girl๐Ÿ’—). I doubt October will ever be a popular name month ๐Ÿ™ but that's part of the appeal — and that makes it even more mysterious and cool ๐Ÿ˜Ž (when given to a ๐Ÿ’™boy) to have as one's name. ๐Ÿ˜ 


FAMOUS ๐Ÿ“NOTEWORTHY ๐Ÿ“›OCTOBERS

๐Ÿ“›๐Ÿ’—October Gray  (daughter of Slipknot late band member Paul Gray)

๐Ÿ“›๐Ÿ’—October Eggers  (daughter of writer Dave Eggers)

๐Ÿ“›๐Ÿ’—October ๐ŸŽฎ (character in the game Cthulhu Saves the World)

๐Ÿ“›๐Ÿ’—October "Toby" Daye ๐Ÿ“™ (character in book series by Seanan Maguire) 

๐Ÿ“›๐Ÿ’—October Bantum ๐ŸŽฅ (character in horror movie Stay Alive)

๐Ÿ“›๐Ÿ’™"October London" aka Jared Erskine ๐ŸŽค (singer) 

๐Ÿ“›๐Ÿ’™"October Jones" aka Joe Butcher  ๐Ÿ—ฏ️๐Ÿ–Š(animator) 


๐Ÿ“ŒSTATS ON THE NAME ๐Ÿ“›October:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/O/OC/OCTOBER/index.html


๐Ÿ“›IRN RATING OF ๐Ÿ“›October: ๐Ÿ‘ OR ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก / 10 

Monday, September 22, 2025

NAME OF THE DAY: Autumn

Happy Fall!๐Ÿ‚ Today is the start of Fall season aka Autumn, so I will be diving into the name ๐Ÿ“›Autumn ๐Ÿ  

The word autumn "comes from the French autompne, from the Latin autumnus, whose deeper roots are obscure. It’s first recorded in English as early as the late 1300s—notably, both Chaucer and Shakespeare used it in their works. Today, speakers of American English commonly use both fall and autumn to refer to the season, though fall became more common in the US by the late 1800s. Speakers of British English largely use autumn or the autumn season," according to Dictionary.com

Autumn as a first name has been, "Given to a handful of girls every year since the 1910s — though US records show it has been used since the 1870s — it began to grow more popular in the 50s and 60s, before entering the mainstream in the 70s. In a recent year, it was given to over 3000 girls in the US," Nameberry says. Autumn was #79 on the Most Popular Baby Names list in 2024.  Nameberry thinks it has, "been popular for many years without ever feeling wildly overused, Autumn can be considered familiar without being too trendy." 

Behind the Name's opinion poll on Autumn finds some to believe the name to be "strange" just like Nameberry calls it "unusual." I personally don't find Autumn to be peculiar at all. What I do find weird is supposedly ☀️sunny California is the state where most Autumns live. ๐Ÿค” However in Utah, 22.79 in every 100,000 Utahns are named Autumn. Michigan also has a 98th percentile rank for Autumn.  

I have always loved the name ๐Ÿ“›Autumn. I think it's a sophisticated name. It's my favorite season name (followed by Summer, Winter and Spring) to be used for a first name. It's a beautiful name and I feel it's on the road to becoming a classic name even. With it being in the top 100 baby girl names, I don't think that's a stretch — ๐Ÿ“›Autumn is an ageless name that won't be going out of style anytime soon. 


FAMOUS ๐Ÿ“NOTEWORTHY ๐Ÿ“›AUTUMNS

๐Ÿ“›Autumn Reeser ๐ŸŽฅ (actress) 

๐Ÿ“›Autumn de Wilde ๐ŸŽฅ / ๐Ÿ“ท (film director & photographer) 

๐Ÿ“›Autumn Durald ๐ŸŽฅ (cinematographer) 

๐Ÿ“›Autumn Phillips ๐Ÿ‘‘ (member of the Royal family) 

๐Ÿ“›Autumn James (๐Ÿ’—daughter of actress Jennifer Love Hewitt) 

๐Ÿ“›Autumn Ward ๐Ÿ’ƒ (bellydancer) 

๐Ÿ“›Autumn Ward (⚠victim of homicide) 

๐Ÿ“›Autumn Breeze ๐Ÿ“— (character in the book His Summer Her Storm by Lady Dia) 


๐Ÿ“ŒSTATS ON THE NAME ๐Ÿ“›Autumn:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/A/AU/AUTUMN/index.html


๐Ÿ“›IRN RATING OF ๐Ÿ“›Autumn: ๐Ÿ‘ OR ๐Ÿ’“๐Ÿ’“๐Ÿ’“๐Ÿ’“๐Ÿ’“๐Ÿ’“๐Ÿ’“๐Ÿ’“๐Ÿ’“/10 

NAME OF THE DAY: Dolly

To celebrate the life of the iconic and  ๐Ÿฅฐ cherished   ๐Ÿค country ๐ŸŽคsinger,   ๐Ÿฆ‹ Dolly Parton — who unfortunately just passed away  (RIP) —...