Venus

Where Venus comes from

Inherited from Middle English Venus, borrowed from Latin Venus.
— Wiktionary's entry for Venus
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1887
    First appearance
    #1,147 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1959
    Peak, #570
    295 babies named Venus — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1969
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #868.
  4. 1980
    Venus Williams born
    American tennis player
  5. 1990
    Venus Lux born
    American pornographic actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Venus Williams · American tennis player, born 1980
  • Venus Lux · American pornographic actress, born 1990
  • Venus Raj · Filipino model, born 1988
  • Venus Lacy · American basketball player, born 1967
  • Venus Terzo · Canadian actress, born 1967

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.