Female name
Juno
1,415 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2018. Expression number: 6.
Origin
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.From Wiktionary, entry “Juno”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2018: 118 births. 1,415 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It is given to girls (96%) as well as boys (4%). It really came into use around 2009. It is still given: 549 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In Ireland
Peak in 2020: 15 births. 174 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It is still given: 39 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 236 | 2012–2023 | — |
| Switzerland | 223* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Belgium | 77 | 2014–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
1 + 3 + 5 + 6 = 15 → 6
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
9
humanity, generosity, completion
3 + 6 = 9
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
1 + 5 = 6
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 4, 7, 8, 9
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.