Junius

Where Junius comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Junius.

Junius through the years
  1. 1796
    Junius Brutus Booth born
    English stage actor
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #363 among boys, with 22 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1891
    Peak, #333
    26 babies named Junius, its best rank.
  4. 1903
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #619.
  5. 1906
    Junius Richard Jayewardene born
    President of Sri Lanka from 1978 to 1989
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Junius Richard Jayewardene · President of Sri Lanka from 1978 to 1989, 1906–1996
  • Junius Brutus Booth · English stage actor, 1796–1852
  • Junius Spencer Morgan · American banker and financier, 1813–1890
  • Junius Daniel · Confederate Army general, 1828–1864
  • Junius Marion Futrell · American politician, 1870–1955

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.