Juno
Juno is a girl name of Latin origin, meaning Queen of the heavens.
What Juno means
Queen of the heavens.
Juno is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Juno comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Juno is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Juno?
In the girl name rankings we track, Juno falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Juno
We group Juno under royalty and rule and the stars and sky — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Juno
These share Juno's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Rhiannon — Great queen; divine.
- Aurora — Dawn; goddess of sunrise.
- Luna — The moon.
- Nova — New; a blazing star.
- Stella — Star. Shining and celestial.
- Augusta — Great and venerable.
- Candace — Queen mother; radiant.
- Celeste — Heavenly.
- Celestia — Of the heavens.
- Diana — Divine; goddess of the moon and hunt.
- Estelle — Star.
- Stellaluna — Star and moon.
More Latin names
- Juniper — The evergreen juniper; youth-giving.
- Laura — Laurel; victory and honour.
- Junia — Born in June; youthful.
- Laurel — The laurel; honour and victory.
- June — Young; sacred to the goddess Juno.
- Lawrence — Crowned with laurel.
- Julius — Youthful; downy-bearded.
- Leo — Lion. Brave and warm-hearted.
- Julian — Youthful; devoted to Jupiter.
- Liberty — Freedom.