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Junius
Say it: JOO-nee-us
Meaning
Roman family name, often linked to the goddess Juno; not proven.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Used as a given name in 18th- and 19th-century America, in the classical naming fashion of that time.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 5,344 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1881, about 1 in 4,600 boys
- 7 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Giunio |
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Famous bearers
- Lucius Junius Brutus, founder of the Roman Republic
- Junius Brutus Booth, Anglo-American actor
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Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.