I love the name [name_u]June[/name_u], but I’m afraid it’s too “down south” or country sounding, which I do not want at all. What do you guys think? That’s the vibes I get from it, I honestly have no idea why. The only [name_u]June[/name_u] I even know is a fictional DC Comics character–[name_u]June[/name_u] Moone.
Also what do you think of [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Beverly[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f]?
Thanks as always!
[name_u]June[/name_u] doesn’t sound “down south” or country to me at all! It’s a classic but not an expected classic (those would be names like [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f], etc.), part of the vintage revival of what were once considered old-lady names, but now feel modern and fresh and timeless all at the same time. The only [name_u]June[/name_u] I know is a feisty, spunky, cultured and sophisticated 90-something-year-old lady whom everyone dotes on, so definitely not “country”! I’ve never hard of [name_u]June[/name_u] Moone.
[name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Beverly[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f] does sound a bit dated, but that’s more to do with [name_f]Beverly[/name_f] and [name_f]Ann[/name_f] (as opposed to [name_f]Anne[/name_f] which is more popular now. What about something like [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f] or [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] [name_f]Anna[/name_f]?
[name_u]June[/name_u] is beautiful and doesn’t sound county to me
I love [name_u]June[/name_u] and I don’t get a country vibe at all. It feels modern and fresh.
Now, [name_u]June[/name_u] isn’t my cup of tea, but associating it with country-ness would’ve never crossed my mind!
Adding [name_f]Beverly[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f] makes it sound kind of country, to me, but also kind of old? Weird. [name_m]Just[/name_m] my opinion.
I do associate [name_u]June[/name_u] with a kind of country feel to it. It’s a pretty name though
It does have a slight country feel to me because the only one that comes to mind is [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_u]Carter[/name_u] ([name_m]Johnny[/name_m] [name_m]Cash[/name_m]'s wife). However, I don’t think it’s a strong country association; [name_u]Lynn[/name_u] as the middle would be more country to me. I think the middles make the name feel a bit older, so changing one of them to something more unexpected might give it a younger vibe.
For example, [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Beverly[/name_f] [name_f]Anouk[/name_f] or [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f] would feel younger and lighter to me.
I’m not from the states and so country only goes as far as [name_f]Dolly[/name_f] and [name_f]Reba[/name_f] to me. [name_u]June[/name_u] I consider a light vintage name with a sugary sweet vibe. I agree with other posters here that the combination of [name_u]June[/name_u] with [name_f]Beverly[/name_f] makes it seem older. A [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_u]Everly[/name_u] seems more fresh.
I’m from the midwest in the US and I’ve never thought of [name_u]June[/name_u] to have a country feel. In fact, I’ve never met a [name_u]June[/name_u]. [name_u]Jean[/name_u] and [name_f]Jane[/name_f] are much more country.
However, I agree the [name_f]Beverly[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f] is country-esque and sounds dated - like something my parents’ elders would have named their children based on whatever was popular at that time.
Another alternative, though it might not be your style, is [name_u]Juniper[/name_u].
No, I don’t think so. However, adding [name_f]Beverly[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f] to it does make it sound stereo typically down home country.
[name_u]June[/name_u] is fabulous.
[name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Beverly[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f] does not flow right to my ear. [name_f]Beverly[/name_f] [name_u]June[/name_u] sounds better or [name_u]June[/name_u] something else.
It’s always had a country vibe to me. I could imagine it on a Southern [name_f]Belle[/name_f] alongside [name_f]Azalea[/name_f], [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f], [name_f]Della[/name_f], [name_f]Ginny[/name_f] etc. Perhaps less of a country vibe and more of an old school small town kind of vibe.
[name_u]June[/name_u] is fabulous, a vintage revival name. I know 2 [name_u]June[/name_u]'s, my 90-year-old feisty great-great aunt (yes my grandmother’s aunt!) and my cousin’s 4-month-old daughter. My aunt lives in [name_m]Boston[/name_m] is not southern at all. My cousin lives in southern USA and chose [name_u]June[/name_u] because it was “southern and vintage” and an ode to her husband who was born in the month of [name_u]June[/name_u].
My aunt:
[name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Louise[/name_f]
My cousin:
[name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] ("[name_f]Emma[/name_f]-[name_u]Lynn[/name_u]")
I don’t think [name_u]June[/name_u] sounds country at all!
I agree with this. [name_u]June[/name_u] is a beautiful name. I like the suggestion of [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]. [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] sounds more hipster-cool.
I don’t think of [name_u]June[/name_u] as being country, but I do think of it as being “folksy.” That’s a very slight difference, but I think it might explain why it doesn’t quite fit in seamlessly with the classics. Personally, I love it.
It feels more mid-century than country.
Maybe I’m in the minority here, but [name_u]June[/name_u] does sound country to me.
[name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Beverly[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f] sounds really country. Maybe a diff mn could help, but just hearing [name_u]June[/name_u] I still think country.
If it matters, I live in [name_u]Texas[/name_u] so…
I get a mid-century vibe for [name_u]June[/name_u] too. The only country association is [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_u]Carter[/name_u] [name_m]Cash[/name_m] for me.
I’ve never thought of [name_u]June[/name_u] as country, just mid-Century, and now making a come-back.
I think because [name_f]Beverly[/name_f] and [name_f]Ann[/name_f] were also used a lot mid-20th century it makes the name as a whole feel older. I also do think of double-first-names as having sometimes a country sound to them, such that “[name_f]Beverly[/name_f]-[name_f]Ann[/name_f]” has a very different feel to me than “[name_f]Beverley[/name_f] / [name_f]Ann[/name_f].” I think switching the order to [name_u]June[/name_u] [name_f]Ann[/name_f] [name_f]Beverley[/name_f] sounds a little fresher.