| [ 2 syll. au-tum(n), aut-u-mn ] The girl name Autumn is pronounced AOTahM KEY. Autumn is of English origin and it is also used mainly in English. From autumn ; autumnus which means 'autumn'. The first name is derived from the name of the season, which is ultimately of the Latin 'autumnus'. It has often been bestowed upon someone born in autumn. Like other season names, it was first used in 19th century. Autumn is popular as a baby girl name. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1960s; before that, it was of only infrequent use. Its usage peaked modestly in 1998 with 0.217% of baby girls being named Autumn. It had a ranking of #77 then. In 2007, it ranked at #91 with a usage of 0.176%, and it was the most widely used among all girl names in its family. Baby names that sound like Autumn include Athene (German), Adina (German), Adine (German), Athena (English and German), Idony (English), Iduna (German), Adamina (English), Adonia (Greek), and Athanasia (Greek). KEY: Pronunciation for Autumn: AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)"
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