Given name & surname
Juvenal
“a young boy”
Juvenal is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “a young boy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “a young boy.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Juvenal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,267
- 1,267 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 44 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,569 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,569 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 21.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 44 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,751 as a first name in 2020; 131 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.
Juvenal’s family of names
Juvenal has a related form in Juventino. Juvenal has a related form in Juvy. Juvenal has a related form in Juvee.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Juventinovariant
- Juvievariant
- Juvivariant
- Juveevariant
- Juveyvariant
- Juvyvariant
- Juvinelvariant
- Juvenelvariant
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Juvenal
- Naná VasconcelosBrazilian percussionist (1944–2016)
- JuvenalBrazilian footballer (1923-2009)
- Juvenal of Jerusalembishop of Jerusalem350–458
- Juvenal Edjogo-OwonoEquatorial Guinean association football player and managerborn 1979
- Juvenal OlmosChilean footballerborn 1962
- JuvenalBrazilian footballerborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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