Juniper

Where Juniper comes from

A topographic surname from juniper. In some cases matronymic from an equivalent of Jennifer influenced by folk etymology.
— Wiktionary's entry for Juniper
  • English
Along the way
  1. 1969
    First appearance
    #7,471 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2025
    Peak, #100
    2,618 babies named Juniper — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name from English.
  • A female given name from English.
  • A male given name from English.
Namesakes

No widely known Juniper turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.