The first name Juvenal
A boy’s name from Latin.
3 syllables Male
Meaning and origin
Latin origin
From Latin Iuvenālis.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Juvenal at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 9 boys born in the United States were named Juvenal, the 8,569th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1991, when 44 were.
1,267
babies named Juvenal since 1880
#8,569
rank in 2025
1991
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Juvenal in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Juvénal
French
Spelled Juvenal in Portuguese and Spanish too.
Famous people named Juvenal
6 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Juvénal Habyarimana2nd President of Rwanda (1937–1994)
- Juvenal AmarijoBrazilian footballer (1923-2009)
- Juvenal of JerusalemBishop of Jerusalem, 350–458
- Juvenal Edjogo OwonoEquatorial Guinean association football player and manager, born 1979
- Juvenal OlmosChilean footballer, born 1962
- Naná VasconcelosBrazilian percussionist (1944–2016)
More Latin boys’ names
Questions
- What does the name Juvenal mean?
- From Latin Iuvenālis.
- What is the origin of the name Juvenal?
- From Latin Iuvenālis.
- Is Juvenal a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 1,267 US babies named Juvenal since 1880 were boys.
- When was Juvenal most popular?
- 1991 in the United States, when 44 babies were named Juvenal, its highest rank at 1,812th.