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Jupiter
Say it: JOO-pih-ter
Meaning
The name of the chief Roman god, from Latin Iuppiter, 'sky father'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A classical name often imposed on enslaved men in the colonial period.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 846 babies given this name since 1981
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 13,700 girls
- 162 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Jupiter Hammon, first published African American poet
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Colonial records of the Americas
- Well-known works of literature
- 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.