Jupiter

Where Jupiter comes from

From Latin Iūpiter (“father Jove”), from Proto-Italic *djous patēr (literally “sky father”) (cognate with Ancient Greek Ζεῦ πάτερ (Zeû páter, “father Zeus”)), from *djous (“day, sky”) + *patēr (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (literally “the bright one”), from *dyew- (“to be bright, day sky”), and *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Doublet of Dyaus Pita.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jupiter
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 2012
    First appearance
    #16,869 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2015
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 2022
    Peak, #1,560
    136 babies named Jupiter — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Jupiter hasn't yet.

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.