Juno is a girl's name of English origin meaning “she of heavenly authority and sky, heaven.” Its exact origin is debated among name scholars. In 2024 it was given to 163 girls in the United States.
Juno at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
English & American
Meaning
“she of heavenly authority and sky, heaven”
Pronunciation
/ˈd͡ʒunoʊ/
About the name Juno
Juno belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “she of heavenly authority and sky, heaven” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Juno first appears in Social Security records in 1919. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1333 in 2023, and in 2024 163 babies received the name — 1,591 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.