# June

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /d͡ʒuːn/ · frequency rank #621

## Definitions
1. The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July, containing the northern solstice.
2. A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English], for a girl born in June, used since the end of the 19th century.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dyew-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyuder.?
Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.
Latin Iūnō
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin Iūnius
Latin iūnius
Old French juinbor.
Middle English Juyn
Middle English June
English June
From Middle English June, june, re-Latinised variants of earlier Middle English Juyn, juyng, from Old French juing, juin, from Latin iūnius, the month of the goddess Iuno (“Juno”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu (“vital force, youthful vigor”).

## Easily confused with
- **jus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/june-vs-jus)
- **just** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/june-vs-just)
- **jury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/june-vs-jury)
- **junk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/june-vs-junk)
- **Jung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/june-vs-jung)
- **Juno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/june-vs-juno)
- **juve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/june-vs-juve)
- **jute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/june-vs-jute)
- **Jura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/june-vs-jura)
- **junta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/june-vs-junta)
- **jungle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/june-vs-jungle)
- **junkie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/june-vs-junkie)
- **Juneau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/june-vs-juneau)
- **Ju** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ju-vs-june)
- **Joe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joe-vs-june)
- **Jan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jan-vs-june)
- **Jon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jon-vs-june)
- **jin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jin-vs-june)
- **jun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jun-vs-june)
- **Jen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jen-vs-june)

## Common misspellings (5)
`jjune`, `jnue`, `juen`, `junne`, `ujne`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/june