December

English word name

"tenth month"

December Origin and Meaning

The name December is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "tenth month".

Cooler than April, May, or June, but also a tad icy. December gets its name from the number ten as the old Roman calendar only had ten months, and as now, December was the last.

December Popularity

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