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Boy · English
Venture
Say it: VEN-cher
Meaning
The English word venture, 'a risky undertaking'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Venture Smith, born Broteer in West Africa, was given this name by the man who bought him.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 30 babies given this name since 2012
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 189,600 boys
- 9 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Venture Smith, who bought his own freedom and wrote a 1798 narrative
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.