Juno

Where Juno comes from

From Middle English Juno, from Latin Iūnō of uncertain origin. One hypothesis is derivation from Proto-Indo-European *dyúh₃onh₂- (“she of heavenly authority”), from *dyew- (“sky, heaven”) + *-Hō (“burden, authority”), reflecting her role as goddess of rulers. Another is derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yúh₃onh₂- (“the young goddess”), from *h₂eyu- (“long time, lifetime”) + *-Hō (“burden, authority”), making it cognate with Latin iuvenis (“young”). Both would have produced the unattested early Latin form *Iuvō, declined with the root Iūn- and eventually normalized to Iūnō.
— Wiktionary's entry for Juno
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Juno through the years
  1. 1919
    First appearance
    #4,251 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2008
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 2025
    Peak, #1,250
    179 babies named Juno, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
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.