Autumn

#11 in Wyoming

Meaning of Autumn

Autumn, she whispers her Latin birthname “autumnus” like a silk scarf drifting through a Roman piazza at dusk, and the world hears not just a season but a story—one of burnished leaves pirouetting over Tuscan vineyards, of pumpkin–spiced laughter and wood-smoke kisses that linger on sweaters. To bestow this name is to wrap a child in the warm glow of the harvest moon, promising balance between summer’s fire and winter’s hush, a gentle reminder that change can be breathtaking rather than brisk. In the United States, parents have gathered to her amber-lit charm ever more eagerly since the flower-child days of the late 1960s, so that by today she dances comfortably within the nation’s Top-100, proof that her quiet grace is, like good olive oil and laughter at a family table, timeless. And if someone wonders how to call her home, simply let “AW-tuhm” roll off the tongue—it falls softly, like the very first leaf of October, with just enough playful crunch to make even the most stoic nonna smile.

Pronunciation

English

  • Pronunced as AW-tuhm (/ˈɔtəm/)

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Notable People Named Autumn

Autumn Peltier, an Anishinaabe Indigenous rights advocate from Wikwemkong First Nation, addressed the UN at 13 in 2018 and became Chief Water Commissioner for the Anishinabek Nation in 2019.
Autumn Reeser is an American actress known for The OC, Entourage, No Ordinary Family, The Arrangement, and films like The Girl Next Door, So Undercover, Sully, plus many Hallmark movies.
Autumn Adeigbo is an American designer of Nigerian heritage who founded her namesake women's ready to wear and accessories brand and became the first Black woman to lead a label raising over one million dollars in venture capital.
Autumn de Forest is an American painter from Las Vegas hailed as a child prodigy whose artworks have sold for seven million dollars.
Autumn Durald Arkapaw - Autumn Cheyenne Durald Arkapaw is an American cinematographer.
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