Jovian

Where Jovian comes from

From the emperor’s name, Latin Ioviānus.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jovian
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1978
    First appearance
    #3,614 among boys, 10 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2018
    Peak, #3,446
    32 babies named Jovian — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin
Namesakes

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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.