Autumn

Autumn is a word name that smells like woodsmoke and cold apples. Unlike the more decorative Summer or the wintry January, it carries a specific mood, the slant of October light, the slow turn of leaves. The word itself arrived in English from the Latin autumnus through Old French, and its use as a given name is almost entirely a modern American invention, first registering in any quantity in the 1960s and climbing steadily since. It now sits near the top 80 for girls. The name reads as atmospheric rather than twee, both grounded and a little cinematic, well suited to a child born in any season at all.