Given name & surname
Janvier
Janvier is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Janvier through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 37
- 22 boys · 15 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,811 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,811 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 351 as a first name in 2020; 1,937 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.
Janvier’s family of names
In French usage, Janvier has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Gennaro. In French usage, Janvier has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jenaro. In French usage, Janvier has a conventional equivalent in the English form Januarius.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Janvier has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Janvier
- Janvier HadiRwandan cyclistborn 1991
- Janvier Charles MbargaCameroonian footballerborn 1985
- Janvier Kataka LuveteCongolese catholic bishopborn 1947
- Janvier Besala BokunguDemocratic Republic of the Congo footballerborn 1989
- Janvier NdikumanaBurundian footballerborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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