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I was recently thinking about a book I read when I was a young teen and obsessed with historical romance novels. There was a series of books about a family with four daughters named Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.
I’ve always liked the names Autumn and Winter for girls. Summer is ok but I’m not fond of Spring.
What do you think of these names and would you use any of them?
What about alternate spellings such as Wynter?
I’ve always liked the names Autumn and Winter for girls. Summer is ok but I’m not fond of Spring.
What do you think of these names and would you use any of them?
What about alternate spellings such as Wynter?
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I like Autumn and Winter, Summer is ok too, Spring is unattractive because of the spring as a bed spring.
I've known a few Summers, and I always like the name.
Autumn is great. Love it.
Winter is not my favorite, but how about December?
I wouldn't ever use Spring, but April is pretty!
Autumn is great. Love it.
Winter is not my favorite, but how about December?
I wouldn't ever use Spring, but April is pretty!
I like Autumn, Winter, and Summer. I think it would be nice if Winter was used more. Spring just doesn't sound right as a name. I don't care for the creative spellings like Wynter.
I like Summer, Autumn, and Winter. Spring is awkward as a name, I think it would need to be Primavera or something.
I grew up around girls named Summer and Autumn but only recently started seeing people use Winter.
I don't like Wynter.
I grew up around girls named Summer and Autumn but only recently started seeing people use Winter.
I don't like Wynter.
Love Autumn
like Summer
dislike Winter
hate Spring
For alternate spellings, Wynter is atrocious. Autumn and Summer should only be spelled like the words as well.
However, I feel like I could possibly like Spring a bit if it became Springer, like the surname. I think that would be a lot cuter and actually become name-y.
like Summer
dislike Winter
hate Spring
For alternate spellings, Wynter is atrocious. Autumn and Summer should only be spelled like the words as well.
However, I feel like I could possibly like Spring a bit if it became Springer, like the surname. I think that would be a lot cuter and actually become name-y.
This message was edited 4/12/2025, 6:51 PM
I like Winter, but I don’t really like other season names. I’m also not a huge fan of alternate spellings.
Winter and Summer are my favorite. Winter is more along the lines of what I would actually use, on account of how pedestrian Summer is. Winter wins out with me solely for the eccentricity points alone, but I like both quite a lot. Autumn is fine in theory, but the only 2 girls/ women I have known with it were 1.) a very bratty Mean Popular Girl in School growing up, and 2.) A woman in my community with a hot temper that has been arrested several times for assault. So... it doesn't secure the warm and fuzzy feelings to me that the season implies. I know it appeals to some though.. so good for them. For whatever it is worth: autumn is still my favorite season outside of naming. Wynter makes me want to gouge my eyes out for having been cursed with its appearance. What a disgrace. Spring never makes me think of the season, or the pool of water, it always makes me first think of a mattress spring. Weird, I know. But I just think of the coils in an old bed and think "Why would anyone think a type of metal coil is a name??". I also think of spring as in the verb. A fun word mind you, to describe springing into action, implying a certain level of enthusiasm or at least fortitude, but again, not a name or a Word-Name in sound to me. Like naming a kid "Leap" or "Jump".
This message was edited 4/12/2025, 5:18 PM
I love Summer and Winter as names, and Autumn is pretty too. Spring is not very good.
This message was edited 4/12/2025, 12:20 PM
Someone on another site had a character named Greyson Winter Hayward he was a hippie who was now going by the name Winter Ocean.
Summer and Autumn tend to be exclusively feminine even though as seasons they could be unisex. Winter on the other hand is still unisex and I could see it comfortably as either. Summer and Autumn are fine, a little overdone round here but fine.
Spring I could see comfortably as a middle name but it would make an unusual and stand out first name. I wouldn’t use Spring though myself.
Summer and Autumn tend to be exclusively feminine even though as seasons they could be unisex. Winter on the other hand is still unisex and I could see it comfortably as either. Summer and Autumn are fine, a little overdone round here but fine.
Spring I could see comfortably as a middle name but it would make an unusual and stand out first name. I wouldn’t use Spring though myself.
I don't like most word names, and I'd certainly never use or expect to see any of the season names on a human.
With one exception: the Afrikaans word for Spring is Lente (pronounced LENtuh) and I've seen examples of it used as a name, though I've never actually met one. I have met a variant of it, which I like the sound of very much: Lentelie, with the -lie working as a diminutive and the whole name sounding like an English adverb: certainly, definitely, Lentelie ...
With one exception: the Afrikaans word for Spring is Lente (pronounced LENtuh) and I've seen examples of it used as a name, though I've never actually met one. I have met a variant of it, which I like the sound of very much: Lentelie, with the -lie working as a diminutive and the whole name sounding like an English adverb: certainly, definitely, Lentelie ...
Winter's my favorite season, but it irks me as a name. Summer is gross, and Autumn (though a lovely season) has always sounded trashy to me. Spring, on the other hand, is appealingly odd. I think of the actress Spring Byington.
A historical romance with sisters named Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter?? What was the era it was set in, 1987?
Winter is a GP for me. I think it actually works as a name, and they could always go by Winnie. I like how sharp, dramatic and OTT romantic it is. But I actually really hate the winter. Maybe if I moved somewhere tropical and started feeling nostalgic for the frozen wasteland of my childhood home, I would use Winter. I could see that.
Summer is ok, but it's kind of boring and I can't really warm up to it (ha ha). I admire its trashiness and the girl bully vibes it has, though. I think I prefer it as a middle name?
Autumn is my favourite season, and it's not a terrible name. It would make the most sense for me to use, so that bores me, I hate an easy answer. I just don't think Autumn would hold my attention for long as a name.
Spring is actually the most interesting option for me, because it is the least namey. I don't really have any preconceived notions about it, so it doesn't have any baggage. I know there was an actress from Old Hollywood with this name, Spring Byington, but she was never a big star. Spring feels like it might be really fun to come across on a person; it's bright, clear and offbeat. But I'd say it's a GP for me as well. If I had to pick a season name, I could see myself using this, because it's the weirdest one.
Wynter is very Goth, it's trying VERY hard to be cool. But I could get into it.
Winter is a GP for me. I think it actually works as a name, and they could always go by Winnie. I like how sharp, dramatic and OTT romantic it is. But I actually really hate the winter. Maybe if I moved somewhere tropical and started feeling nostalgic for the frozen wasteland of my childhood home, I would use Winter. I could see that.
Summer is ok, but it's kind of boring and I can't really warm up to it (ha ha). I admire its trashiness and the girl bully vibes it has, though. I think I prefer it as a middle name?
Autumn is my favourite season, and it's not a terrible name. It would make the most sense for me to use, so that bores me, I hate an easy answer. I just don't think Autumn would hold my attention for long as a name.
Spring is actually the most interesting option for me, because it is the least namey. I don't really have any preconceived notions about it, so it doesn't have any baggage. I know there was an actress from Old Hollywood with this name, Spring Byington, but she was never a big star. Spring feels like it might be really fun to come across on a person; it's bright, clear and offbeat. But I'd say it's a GP for me as well. If I had to pick a season name, I could see myself using this, because it's the weirdest one.
Wynter is very Goth, it's trying VERY hard to be cool. But I could get into it.
1987? 😀 I can see what you mean though. These are definitely 80s names.
Actually it was set in medieval times. I think the author just thought she was being creative with the name theme. I remember Autumn was named so because she had the fiery red hair and golden brown eyes. Winter had the dark hair, pale skin, and blue eyes. Summer and Spring were more named just to complete the theme.
Actually it was set in medieval times. I think the author just thought she was being creative with the name theme. I remember Autumn was named so because she had the fiery red hair and golden brown eyes. Winter had the dark hair, pale skin, and blue eyes. Summer and Spring were more named just to complete the theme.
Autumn is my favorite. I like it. I doubt I would use it, but I don't think I'd mind being named it.
Winter I think I mainly like in wordy combinations (ex. Winter Mercy); I don't like it as much paired with more conventional names, although it's still fine that way. I have a cousin named Emily Winter.
Summer is ok/ordinary, but it's my least favorite season, and the one I knew personally was tragic, so my associations are mostly negative. I'd prefer Sunny or Sunshine or June.
Spring seems eccentric. I think I'd have to meet one to know how I feel about it for sure. But upon seeing the word, my first thought is usually of the verb rather than of the season, so it seems potentially more like Skip to me than like April.
I think I'd prefer most month names (excepting October, February, March) to all the season names except Autumn.
Also, they all seem potentially unisex to me.
Winter I think I mainly like in wordy combinations (ex. Winter Mercy); I don't like it as much paired with more conventional names, although it's still fine that way. I have a cousin named Emily Winter.
Summer is ok/ordinary, but it's my least favorite season, and the one I knew personally was tragic, so my associations are mostly negative. I'd prefer Sunny or Sunshine or June.
Spring seems eccentric. I think I'd have to meet one to know how I feel about it for sure. But upon seeing the word, my first thought is usually of the verb rather than of the season, so it seems potentially more like Skip to me than like April.
I think I'd prefer most month names (excepting October, February, March) to all the season names except Autumn.
Also, they all seem potentially unisex to me.
This message was edited 4/12/2025, 8:32 AM
I like Autumn and especially Summer, not crazy about Winter and I hate Spring.
I would just spell them the regular way; my feeling is that word-names shouldn't be misspelled.
I would definitely not use more than one in a sibset! The four-sister set you mentioned is laughable, and to my mind would make a book feel like the work of a teenager.
I would just spell them the regular way; my feeling is that word-names shouldn't be misspelled.
I would definitely not use more than one in a sibset! The four-sister set you mentioned is laughable, and to my mind would make a book feel like the work of a teenager.