June

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. It is also a short form of the names Juniper, Junia, Junius and Junior.
June was a very popular girls name and somewhat popular boys name in the early to mid 20th century. As a girls name it reached a peak in 1925 as the 39th most popular girls name, but then gradually declined until it dropped off the top 1000 list of names in 1986. As a boys name, June reached a peak 1922 as 697th most popular boys, but then also declined and left the top 1000 list in 1939.
Junius was a popular boys name in the early 19th century, reaching a peak in 1908 as the 391st most popular boys name and leaving the 1000 list in 1950. Variant name Junious reached a peak in 1911 as the 744th most popular name and left the top 1000 list in 1923.
Junior remains a popular boys name, but reached a peak in 1925 as 117th most popular boys name.
Juniper has historically been used as both a boys and girls name. In the early part of the 20th century it was often seen as a boys name, likely due to Saint Juniper, but currently the name is more popular as a girls name. Juniper has never been on the top 1000 list, but is an increasingly popular name likely due to the popularity of a wide assortment of well known fictional works, including the cartoon series "The Life and Times of Juniper Lee", the movie "Benny and Joon" (where the Joon character was short for Juniper), and the novel "Juniper, Gentian, and Rosemary".
Well known persons named June include:
June Allyson, (1917–2006) an American film and television actress, popular in the 1940s and 1950s
June Anderson, an American coloratura soprano
June Atkinson, the North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction
June Blair, (born 1933) an American model and actress best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in January 1957
June Bland, a British actress best known for her guest appearances in two Doctor Who serials
June Brigman, an American comic book artist and illustrator
June Bronhill, (1929–2005) an internationally acclaimed soprano opera singer
June Brown, a British actress and director best known as Dot Branning in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
June Callwood, a Canadian journalist and social activist
June Caprice, (1895–1936) an American silent film actress
June Carter Cash, (1929–2003) an American singer, songwriter, actress, member of the Carter Family, and the second wife of legendary singer Johnny Cash
June Chadwick, an English actress best known for her role in the scien television series V: The Series
June Christy, (1925–1990) an American Jazz Singer popular in the 1950s
June Clark, a Professor of Community Nursing, at the University of Wales, Swansea
June Cochran, (1942–2004) an American model and beauty queen
June Collyer, (1906–1968) an American actress
June Croft (born 1963), a British freestyle swimmer
June Downey (1875–1932), American psychologist
June Duprez, (1918–1984) a British film actress
June Ferguson, (1928–2004), an Australian athlete who won the silver medal in the relay 4x100 meter at the 1948 Olympic Games in London
June Fletcher, a writer for The Wall Street Journal
June Foray, an 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, an English environmentalist who settled in Dalyan in southwestern Turkey after her retirement
June Harding, a child and teen actress who appeared in several 1960s TV shows
June Haver, an American film actress (1926–2005)
June Havoc, (1912–2010) an American actress, dancer, writer, and theater director
June Hutton, (1920–1973) an American popular singer
June James, American football player
June Jones, an American football player and coach, currently with Southern Methodist University
June Jordan, (July 9, 1936 – June 14, 2002) an African-American bisexual political activist, writer, poet, and teacher
June Lang, (1915–2005) an American film actress
June Lloyd, Baroness Lloyd of Highbury, (1928–2006) a British paediatrician and, in retirement, a cross bench member of the House of Lords
June Lockhart, (born 1925) an American actress best known as the mothers on Lassie and Lost in Space
June MacCloy, (1909–2005) an American actress in the 1930s and 1940s
June Marlowe, (1903–1984) an American actress best known as Miss Crabtree in six Our Gang short subjects
June Maston, (born 1928) a retired Australian sprinter
June Mathis, (1892–1927) a 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, a British actress best known as Sally in the 1970s drama Survivors
June Palmer, aka June Power, (1940–2004) a Harrison Marks model in the 1960s
June Peppas, a professional baseball player for the AAGPBL from 1948 to 1954
June Pointer, (1953–2006) an American vocalist best known for her work with The Pointer Sisters
June Rowlands, the 60th mayor of Toronto, Ontario, and the first woman to hold that office
June Salter, (1932–2001) an Australian actress
June Sarpong, a British television presenter
June C. Smith (1875-1947), an American jurist, Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
June Tabor, (born 1947) an English folk singer
June Taylor, (1918–2004) an American choreographer
June Tripp, sometimes known just as June, was a British actress
June Tyson, (1936–1992) a jazz singer who performed with Sun Ra regularly
June Vincent, (born 1920) a leading lady in low-budget movies of the 1940s
June Walker, (1900–1966) an American stage and film actress best known for her roles in The Farmer Takes a Wife and Twelfth Night
June Westbury, a politician in Manitoba, Canada
June Whitfield, an English actress

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Sixth month, c. 1300, Iun, June, Juin, from Latin Iunius (mensis), probably a contraction of Iunonius, "sacred to Juno" (see Juno). Replaced Old English liðe se ærra "earlier mildness." Spelling variant Iune lingered until 17c.

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The sixth month of the year. Means: young.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	June Carter Cash	1929	American singer, songwriter and actress
2	June Diane Raphael	1980	American stage actor
3	June Lockhart	1925	Actress from the United States
4	June Allyson	1917	Actress from the United States
5	June Brown	1927	English actress
6	June Foray	1917	American voice actress
7	June Whitfield	1925	English actress
8	June Squibb	1929	American actress
9	June Sarpong	1977	British television presenter
10	June Haver	1926	American actress
11	June Havoc	1912	American actress, vaudeville performer, and memoirist
12	June Stahl		Fictional character in the FX television series Sons of Anarchy
13	Junmar Fajardo	1989	Filipino basketball player
14	Valerie June	1982	American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Memphis, Tennessee, United States
15	June Pointer	1953	American musician
16	June Jones	1953	American college football player, college football coach, professional football player, professional football coach, quarterback
17	June Gable	1945	American actress
18	June Miller	1902	Dancer
19	June Malia	1970	Actress
20	June Marlowe	1903	American actress
21	June Blair	1933	American Playboy Playmate
22	June Chadwick	1951	English actress
23	June Christy	1925	American singer
24	June Fairchild	1946	American actor (1946-2015)
25	June Duprez	1918	Actress
26	June Wilkinson	1940	British model and actor
27	June Tabor	1947	British singer
28	June Covington		Marvel Comics supervillainess
29	June Palmer	1940	British model
30	June Juanico	1938	American model
31	June Jordan	1936	Poet, essayist, playwright, feminist and bisexual activist
32	June Thorburn	1931	English actress
33	June Taylor	1917	American choreographer
34	June Flewett	1927	British actor and theatre director
35	June Middleton	1926	Australian polio victim
36	June Martino	1917	American businesswoman
37	Cato June	1979	American football player
38	June Mathis	1887	Screenwriter, producer, film studio executive
39	June Collyer	1906	Film actress
40	June Millington	1948	American musician
41	June Vincent	1920	Actress
42	June Byers	1922	Professional wrestler
43	June Ritchie	1938	British actress
44	June Harding	1940	American actress
45	June Lang	1917	American actress
46	June Miles-Kingston		British musician
47	June Anderson	1952	Singer
48	June Gale	1911
49	June Hunt	1944	American writer
50	June Dayton	1923	American actress
51	June Hutton	1920	American singer
52	June Cochran	1942	American beauty pageant contestant and model
53	June Callwood	1924	Canadian writer
54	June Salter	1932	Australian actress
55	June Angela	1959	Actress/singer/dancer
56	June Travis	1914	American actress
57	June Laverick	1931	British actress
58	June Preisser	1920	Actress
59	June Banerjee		Singer
60	June Bronhill	1929	Singer
61	June Singer	1920	American psychologist
62	June Atkinson	1948	American politician
63	June McCarroll	1867	Invented lane striping
64	June Rose Bellamy	1932	Burmese dictator's wife
65	June Rowlands	1925	Canadian mayor
66	June Dally-Watkins	1927	Australian businesswoman
67	June Browne	1923	Australian photographer
68	June Mendoza Macasaet	1983	Filipino model
69	June Clyde	1909	American singer, dancer, actress
70	June Robles		Kidnapped American child
71	June Spencer	1919	British actress
72	June Storey	1918	Canadian-American actress
73	June Ellis	1926	British actress
74	Lady June	1931	Poet, singer
75	June Knight	1913	American Broadway and film actress
76	June Valli	1928	American singer
77	June Jago	1926	Actress
78	June Osborne	1953	Dean of Salisbury
79	June Keithley	1947	Broadcaster
80	June Kenney	1933	American actress
81	June Carlsson	1945	Swedish journalist
82	June Wandrey	1920	American writer and military nurse
83	June Wayne	1918	American artist and educator
84	June Yamagishi	1953	Japanese rock guitarist
85	June Haimoff		English environmentalist
86	June Tyson	1936	American jazz singer
87	June Brigman	1960	American comic book artist and illustrator
88	June Chan	1956	American lesbian activist and biologist
89	June Tripp	1901	British actress
90	June	1987	Solo R&B singer
91	June Cohen		American writer
92	June Goodfield	1927	English writer
93	June Carroll	1917	American lyricist and actor
94	June MacCloy	1909	American actress
95	June Gittelson	1910	American film actress
96	June Peppas	1929	All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
97	June Caprice	1895	American actress
98	June Hartley	1967	American facing charges of assissting a suicide
99	June Daugherty	1956	Women's basketball coach
100	June Foulds	1934	Retired British track and field athlete
101	June Thomson	1930	British writer
102	Larry June
103	Ray June	1895	American cinematographer
104	June Blundell	1922	Companion of the Queen's Service Order; Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St John; Member of the Order of New Zealand
105	June Croft	1963	British swimmer, Olympic silver medallist
106	June Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair	1913	Pianist, conductor
107	June Nash	1927	American anthropologist
108	Park June	1987	American electronic sports playe
109	Allen Dale June	1921	Navajo code talker
110	June Clayworth	1912	American actor (1912-1993)
111	June Levine	1931	Irish journalist, novelist and feminist
112	June Richmond	1915	American singer
113	June Panic		American singer-songwriter
114	June Preston	1928	American child actress who went on to become an internationally renowned opera singer.
115	Irma June
116	June Kirby	1928	American actress
117	June Shagaloff Alexander	1928	Civil rights activist
118	Harold June	1895	American aviator
119	June Tarpé Mills	1912	Comic creator
120	June Downey	1875	American psychologist
121	June Mendoza	1924	Portrait painter
122	June Bacon-Bercey		American meteorologist
123	June Card	1942	American soprano and stage director
124	June Page		British actress
125	June Burn	1893	American writer
126	June Arunga		Kenyan economist
127	June Tomiak	1997	German politician
128	June Webb	1934	American musician
129	June Brewster	1913	American actress
130	Carl H. June	1953	American university teacher
131	June Eric-Udorie	1998	Nigerian-British journalist
132	June Bingham Birge	1919	American writer
133	June Almeida	1930	Virologist
134	June Henley	1975	American football player
135	June Boyce-Tillman	1943	British music academic
136	June Schwarcz	1918	American artist
137	June Elvidge	1893	American actress
138	June Hudson		British costume designer
139	June Bland	1931	British actress
140	June Robinson	1959	American politician
141	June Ravenhall	1901
142	June Swann
143	June Lazenby Green	1914	United States federal judge
144	June Buchanan	1887	American centenarian
145	June Field		American poker player
146	June Andrews		Academic
147	June Arnold	1926
148	June Draude	1949	One of the founding MLAs of the Saskatchewan Party, Minister of First Nations and Métis Relations, Provincial Secretary, and Minister of Social Services in the first Saskatchewan Party government
149	June Walker	1934	American academic and activist
150	June Jacobs		British peace activist
151	June Berry	1924	British artist
152	June Lloyd, Baroness Lloyd of Highbury	1928	British paediatrician and life peer
153	Made In June	1983
154	June Oscar
155	June Markham	2000	Figure skater
156	June Wyndham-Davies		British television producer and director
157	June Marks	1923	Canadian politician
158	June King McFee		American art academic
159	June Cole	1903	American musician
160	June Jackson Christmas		American psychiatrist
161	June Krauser	1926	American swimmer
162	June Zimmerman Fullmer	1920	Chemist
163	June C. Smith	1876
164	June Huh		Korean mathematician
165	June Carlson	1924
166	June Beebe	1913	Golfer
167	June Olkowski	1960	American basketball player and coach
168	June Rae Wood	1946	American children's writer
169	Will June		Bowler
170	June Craig	1930	Australian politician
171	June Maston	1928	Australian sprinter
172	June Curry	1921	American cycling supporter
173	June Lascelles	1924	Australian microbiologist
174	June Fletcher		American journalist
175	June Martel	1909	American actress and singer
176	June Purvis
177	June Brooks	1924
178	June Gardner	1930	American jazz musician
179	June D'Rozario	1949	Australian politician
180	Rafael Rivera Ortega	1969	Puerto Rican politician
181	June Cotner	1950	American writer
182	June Ward Gayle	1865	American politician
183	June Randall	1927	British script supervisor (1927-2015)
184	June Timperley	1932	Badminton player
185	June Yap
186	June Maule	1917	American businessman
187	June Brae	1917
188	June Fernández	1984
189	June Blum	1929
190	June Helm	1924	Anthropologist
191	Jacky June	1924	Belgian jazz musician and band leader
192	June Pedersen	1985
193	June Reinisch	1943	American psychologist
194	June Bevan	1931	Badminton player
195	June Westbury	1921	Canadian politician
196	June Schlueter		British academic
197	June Kronholz	1947	Journalist
198	June Rochelle		American singer
199	June Morrall	1947	American writer
200	June Appleby	1941	Australian politician