Being it's the start of January 🎉 I will be discussing the first month of the year name: 📛📅January
January "the term originated before the year 1000 from Middle English, ultimately deriving from the Latin noun use of Jānuārius, equivalent to Jānus. In ancient Roman culture, Jānus was a god of doorways, beginnings, and the rising and setting of the sun. His name comes from the Latin jānus, meaning 'doorway, archway, arcade.'"
Behind the Name explains that 📅January "briefly charted on the American top 1000 list for girls after it was borne by the protagonist of Jacqueline Susann's novel Once Is Not Enough (1973)." 📛Nameberry🍒 believes it was because of the character 📅January Wayne in Susann's 📘book that boosted baby girls to be named after her in the 1970s.
The second cultural influence that helped spike January as a baby name is — 📅January Jones 🎥— who played Betty Draper on the wildly successful 2007 📺show Mad Men. The mother-to-be of Jones was inspired by 📅January Wayne's character so much, she named her baby daughter after her. Now Nameberry says, "📅January has joined 📅March, 📅April, 📅June and 📅August as a plausible month name."
📅January's rank on the US Top 1000 name chart 📈 is #749. And as of 2024, "📅January was only used on 11 girls in the US, making it a very rare choice."
📍North Dakota 🥶 has the most Januarys along with supposedly ☀ sunny 📍California.
📛📅January 🥇 is just like the month name 📛October to me, one of my favorite names ever. I've loved 🥰 the name 📛📅January since I was in high 🏫school in fact. It's a name I would have loved to have been named 😭 as I was born 👶🏾 (and if I had a daughter and she were born in January, 📛📅January would be my top pick 👌🏾) in January (btw today is my 🎂birthday! 🤗).
📛📅January is a beautiful name with significant history behind the name. I definitely prefer📛📅January more so for a girl 💗 but boys named 📛📅January 💙 are just as cool. 😎 I'm surprised 📛📅January is not a top month baby name by now... 🤔 I hope it will start to rise 📈 on the name charts again. 🤞🏾 Nameberry has hope it will too pointing out: "January was used by Emily Henry in her popular contemporary romance novel, Beach Read, which might inspire parents-to-be in coming years."
⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛JANUARYS:
📛January LaVoy 🧼📺 (actress)
📛January Isaac 📺🎥 (actress)
📛January Gessert 👠 / 📺🌟 (model & reality star)
📛January Low 💃🏻 (dancer)
📛January So 👠 (model)
📛January Thompson 🎤 (singer)
📛January Makamba 
(politician)
📛January Suchodolski 🖌 (painter)
♂️Masculine Version of 📛JANUARY:
📛JANUS
💭I love the masculine version of January. It's a very strong 💪 name and I love the meaning 🚪 behind the name. Janus and January could also make a very cute brother/sister name combination, especially for twins. 👦👧
📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛January:
https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/J/JA/JANUARY/index.html
☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛January: 👍 OR 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗/10
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