June
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English], for a girl born in June, used since the end of the 19th century. From Middle English June, june, re-Latinised variants of earlier Middle English Juyn, juyng, from Old French juing, juin, from Latin iūnius, the month of the goddess Iuno (“Juno”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu (“vital force, youthful vigor”).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for June (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, June has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2013. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 6 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | 7 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 9 |
| 2014 | 8 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 6 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 406 |
| 2000 | 402 |
| 2001 | 404 |
| 2002 | 408 |
| 2003 | 410 |
| 2004 | 412 |
| 2005 | 413 |
| 2006 | 415 |
| 2007 | 409 |
| 2008 | 412 |
| 2009 | 415 |
| 2010 | 419 |
| 2011 | 423 |
| 2012 | 428 |
| 2013 | 434 |
| 2014 | 437 |
| 2015 | 433 |
| 2016 | 429 |
| 2017 | 439 |
| 2018 | 432 |
| 2019 | 434 |
| 2020 | 432 |
June in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter June.Hi! My name is June.
- June ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.June called and said she'll be a bit late.
- June har bott i Uppsala i tre år.June has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Junes mamma är lärare.June's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Junes mamma is June's mum.
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Questions about June
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What does the name June mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English], for a girl born in June, used since the end of the 19th century. From Middle English June, june, re-Latinised variants of earlier Middle English Juyn, juyng, from Old French juing, juin, from Latin iūnius, the month of the goddess Iuno (“Juno”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu (“vital force, youthful vigor”).
How popular is June in Sweden?
6 babies were named June in 2022. In 2020, 432 people in Sweden had June as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2013 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.