Venus

Venus: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “love; desire”
Origin: Latin
Say it: VEE-nus · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

From the Roman goddess of love, whose name is associated with Latin venus meaning 'love' or 'sexual desire'. Also the name of the planet.

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How popular is Venus?

202437.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Venus in 2024122

2024 rank#1,725 girls

Peak year1973

Total US babies since 18809,959

Venus is rising: use over the last five years is 2.1× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Venus

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Novanew · Latin

Venus questions

What does the name Venus mean?

Venus means "love; desire". It comes from Latin. From the Roman goddess of love, whose name is associated with Latin venus meaning 'love' or 'sexual desire'. Also the name of the planet.

Is Venus a boy or girl name?

Venus is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Venus?

122 US babies were named Venus in 2024. Its peak year was 1973.

How do you pronounce Venus?

Venus is usually pronounced VEE-nus.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.