Summer

Summer is an English name from the season, derived from the Old English sumor. As a given name it emerged in modern times, given to children — especially girls — born in summer months. Summer carries connotations of warmth, freedom, long days, outdoor adventures, and the peak of the year's energy. For pets, Summer is the name of a companion who embodies the season's best qualities: energetic, warm, bright, and suffused with the particular joy of a long, golden day when everything feels possible.

Summer sits at #283 on the pet name charts and has a warmth that is almost physical — it's genuinely difficult to say this name without feeling a little lift of seasonal optimism. Its Old English roots in the most beloved season give it a natural, luminous quality that suits any companion with a warm, bright personality. Summer is the name for the companion who is at their absolute best outdoors, who runs with abandon, who makes every walk feel like a season opener. It suits companions with golden or warm coloring, but most of all it suits a genuinely sunny personality.