MEANING & HISTORY
What does Venus mean?
Venus is the Latin name of the Roman goddess associated with love and beauty. The Latin noun also concerns love, charm or desire.
Its later astronomical use names a planet after the goddess. A personal name Venus can draw on classical or celestial associations, but those do not establish the particular intention behind every recorded bearer.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /ˈvinus/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈviː.n̪ʊs]Standard-Tagalog
- /ˈbinus/with nativization
- [ˈbiː.n̪ʊs]with nativization
Ve · nus2 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗English
- /ˈviːnəs/Received-Pronunciation
- /ˈvinəs/General-American
- [ˈvinɪ̈s]General-American
- [ˈvɛ.nɐs]Ghana
Ve · nus2 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Venus, from Latin Venus.
a female given name from English
CebuanoEtymology & source
From English Venus, from Latin.
a female given name from Latin
EnglishEtymology & source
Inherited from Middle English Venus, borrowed from Latin Venus.
A female given name.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Venus
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Venus Raj
Filipino model
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Venus Raj
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Venus in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Venus
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Janus♂Archway; name of a Roman deity
- Venusto·Portuguese word: very beautiful or graceful
- Velia·From the Roman family name Velius
- Venice♀Familiar form of Venezia in documented Philippine usage
- Ventura·Happiness or good fortune; also a short form of Boaventura
- Vera♀Faith in Russian
- Verna·Feminine Vernon, or a spring-related coinage
- Vernie·Familiar form of Vernon, Verna, Laverne, or Veronica
What rhymes with Venus?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Venus further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q16429830 — Venus (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Venus Raj (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q16429830 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Venus (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Venus (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Venus (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Venus (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.