I love the name [name]June[/name]. Recently I like it for a boy, I think it is a much nicer sound than [name]Jude[/name] and I think it would be quite a handsome name.
I considered the spelling [name]Dune[/name] but I think I like [name]June[/name] better.
I’m having a hard time finding a name for a boy that I’m really excited about.
Thoughts?
I actually really like the idea. However, I’m not sure whether it’s a great idea to actually use it as a first name. All of the confusion that girls named [name]Tyson[/name] or [name]James[/name] deal with would probably be multiplied tenfold for a boy named [name]June[/name], and I doubt he’d like his name. That said, I think it makes a great middle. I think [name]Junot[/name], [name]Juneau[/name], [name]Juno[/name], or [name]Junius[/name] (the first three are pronounced the same) are great options to consider- same sound, but a little bit more masculine. [name]Junot[/name] has the added association of author [name]Junot[/name] [name]Diaz[/name].
I love the idea. It reminds me of “[name]Jun[/name]” in other languages.
[name]Love[/name]! I think it’s great as a first name. It’s got a clean, masculine sound. It looks good on paper. Much better and more exciting than [name]Jude[/name]. And I like it much better than [name]Dune[/name], though I could get behind [name]Dune[/name] as well. I prefer [name]June[/name]. Great choice.
In light of other people’s concerns, I still say go for it. Its sound is not inherently feminine at all, it’s just that more girls tend to have it, and the idea that girls can have boys’ names but not the other way around is ridiculous. I would say that you should probably give a boy June a more conventionally boyish middle name. If he doesn’t love June and immediately embrace it, he can go by his middle, by his first initial J, whatever he prefers. And as a grown-up, he can go by J. Alexander, or whatever middle you choose, on paper, if it feels particularly important to read as masculine.
I think [name]June[/name] is too much of a girl’s name and he would be teased a lot. I think doing [name]Juno[/name] or another similar name might work better for him. You could even name him [name]Juno[/name] but call him [name]June[/name] as a nickname leaving him the full name to use in school.
imo it doesn’t sound masculine at all. Sorry.
[name]June[/name] doesn’t sound very feminine to my ears. I agree that something like [name]Juno[/name] would be better.
I actually really like the idea of [name]June[/name] for a boy. I think the name is a bit soft but no more so than a name like [name]Lucian[/name]. Speaking from experience as someone whose husband has a traditionally feminine name (his name is [name]Christin[/name]) I can say he will likely be teased and will certainly get mail addressed to Mrs. or Ms. sometimes but if you have a firmly masculine middle or nn option that he could chose to use for a time if it really bothers him I think it can work. I am the only one who calls my husband by his full name but I really love it I think it suits him perfectly and I think the same can be said for a little [name]June[/name].
Hate it for a boy. [name]Jude[/name] is much more masculine while still cool and not common.
It’s a month name so I don’t see why it couldn’t be used on a boy.
No…no no no. But i do know a Chinese kid named Joon.
I knew some guys named [name]Junius[/name] (father/son). You could call him [name]Jun[/name] as a nn. That ‘e’ ending in [name]June[/name] makes it too feminine.
Theoretically it wouldn’t work. [name]June[/name] is a month name afterall.
However…
the month [name]June[/name] was named after the [name]Roman[/name] GODESS [name]Juno[/name]. ([name]July[/name] was named after [name]Julius[/name] [name]Cesare[/name] so many [name]July[/name] would be better? Though I guess people would read it as [name]Julie[/name]).
It is a fairly popular female name in most English speaking countries. (IT was the the top US 500 the last two years and has been back in the top 1000 since 2008 - it also seems to be steadily rising in popularity).
This isn’t a word name like [name]Rowan[/name] or [name]Wren[/name] which are inherently unisex, but a name that has a long history as a girls name and girly origin. I’d probably use it for a girl or maybe as a mn for a boy.
I echo the suggestion of [name]Junius[/name] - it was my great grandfathers name who went by “[name]Junie[/name].”
I think it is 100% a girl’s name (a very lovely girl’s name). I’d much prefer [name]Jude[/name] for a boy.
Great to get some positive responses. To me [name]June[/name] sounds equally feminine on a girl and masculine on a boy, considering there is such a widely accepted trend to give girls names that traditionally belong to boys, I personally think there is nothing wrong or shameful about having a name with a female origin, women are awesome!
I thought about [name]Junius[/name], after saying it a few times it sounds too close to Genius and now thats all I can think of! I did explore finding longer options to use the nn [name]June[/name] but I didn’t really warm to any. Maybe using [name]Juno[/name]/[name]Junot[/name] would be the way to go.
I like it. I’m adding it to my list.
I’ve always seen [name]June[/name] as masculine. I have an older cousin who is a junior but the only name he’s ever gone by is [name]June[/name]. There’s nothing feminine about the sound of [name]June[/name]; it’s rather harsh for a girl and seems more appropriate for a boy
As a month name, [name]June[/name] is truly gender-neutral. There is no reason it can’t be used on a boy.
Our ideas of what “sounds” feminine vs. masculine are completely culturally constructed. The only reason [name]June[/name] may “sound feminine” is because it’s more frequently given to girls. There’s no logical reason why your ear should interpret [name]June[/name] as more manly than [name]John[/name].
Girls are given historically male names all the time. [name]Peyton[/name]? [name]Riley[/name]? [name]Madison[/name]? All were initially perceived as masculine. Again, there’s no logical reason why historically female names shouldn’t be allowed to jump genders…but there are certainly a whole lot of sexist reasons.
I would love to see [name]June[/name] on a boy. It has a strong, striking sound. If you wanted to go for a long form, [name]Junius[/name] and [name]Junot[/name] are both fabulous – but [name]June[/name] could work just as well on its own.
I like the idea, but I wouldn’t do it because of the teasing potential. It’s very much considered a girl’s name, so he’d be sure to cop a lot of flack at school.