Autumn
Meaning of Autumn
Autumn is taken directly from the English word for the season between summer and winter, known in American English as fall. The word comes through Old French from Latin autumnus, meaning the season; the deeper origin of autumnus is uncertain. As a given name it carries the season's meaning rather than a separate name meaning, and Fall is sometimes listed as a variant. It is pronounced AW-tuhm (/ˈɔtəm/).
The name is identical to the common noun, so its principal association is the season itself. Among people who bear it, Autumn Peltier, an Anishinaabe Indigenous rights advocate, addressed the United Nations at 13 in 2018 and became Chief Water Commissioner for the Anishinabek Nation in 2019. Autumn Reeser is an American actress known for The O.C., Entourage, and many Hallmark films.
In the United States, Autumn climbed sharply during the 1970s and entered the top 100 in 1997. It reached its highest rank, No. 64, in 2013, and its largest annual count was 4,208 babies in 1998. In 2025 it was given to 2,805 girls and ranked No. 88, a decline from its late-1990s and early-2010s levels.
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 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. |
