Boy · Latin
Venustiano
Say it: beh-noos-TYAH-noh
Meaning
From Latin Venustianus, based on venustus 'charming', itself from Venus.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Venustiano Carranza, president of Mexico
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
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