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Venus

Say it: VEE-nus

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Meaning

The name of the Roman goddess of love, from Latin venus 'love, desire'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

A classical name frequently given to enslaved women in colonial America and the Caribbean.

Its wave through time

Most used in the 1970s

In the United States

0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1973per 100,000 babies of that sex
  • 9,364 babies given this name since 1887
  • At its height in 1973, about 1 in 6,500 girls
  • 133 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
  2. The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837

Used by

African American

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Where this comes from

  • Colonial records of the Americas
  • 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.