Given name & surname
Jupiter
“father Jove”
Jupiter is a unisex given name from Latin (ultimately Proto-Indo-European), meaning “father Jove.”
Original GreekΖευ πατερ
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
From Latin Iuppiter (“father Jove”), from Proto-Italic *djous patēr (“sky father”), from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“the bright one”); its root is Proto-Indo-European *dyew-.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
In mythological stories, Jupiter is associated with the supreme god.
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jupiter appears in Acts 14:12-13.
From biblical name research
Jupiter through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,749
- 650 boys · 1,099 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 209 babies
- 2025
- 121
- #2,205 for girls · #3,212 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +30%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 34% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 84 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,205 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 16.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 37 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California and Georgia shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (9 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 818 as a first name in 2020; 845 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.
Jupiter’s family of names
Jupiter has a related form in Juppiter. Jupiter has a related form in Juppyter. Jupiter has a related form in Jupyter.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Jupiter
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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