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Sommer

Sommer: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“summer”
Origin
Germanic
Say it
SAH-mer · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Surname and occasional given name from the German and Scandinavian word for 'summer'. As a first name, it is often a variant spelling of Summer.

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How popular is Sommer?

20249.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Sommer in 202430

2024 rank#4,579 girls

Peak year1977

Total US babies since 18806,053

Sommer is steady now but far below its 1977 peak.

Names like Sommer

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Summersummer season · English
  • Emmawhole, universal · Germanic
  • Ameliawork · Germanic
  • Ellaall, completely · Germanic
  • Alicenoble type · Germanic
  • Adelinenoble · Germanic
  • Milliegentle strength · Germanic
  • Aubreyelf ruler · Germanic

Sommer questions

What does the name Sommer mean?

Sommer means "summer". It comes from Germanic. Surname and occasional given name from the German and Scandinavian word for 'summer'. As a first name, it is often a variant spelling of Summer.

Is Sommer a boy or girl name?

Sommer is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Sommer?

30 US babies were named Sommer in 2024. Its peak year was 1977.

How do you pronounce Sommer?

Sommer is usually pronounced SAH-mer.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.