Given name & surname
Bijou
“as precious as a jewel”
Bijou is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “as precious as a jewel.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “as precious as a jewel.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bijou through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 299
- 0 boys · 299 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,122 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,122 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 4.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 400 as a first name in 2020; 321 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bijou’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bijou
- Bijou PhillipsAmerican actress (born 1980)
- Bijou Kisombe MundabaDemocratic Republic of the Congo footballerborn 1976
- Bijou FernandezAmerican actress (1877–1961)1873–1961
- Bijou Mushitu Katwoman Congolese politicianborn 1971
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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