Being it's the start of January ๐ I will be discussing the first month of the year name: ๐๐
January
January "the term originated before the year 1000 from Middle English, ultimately deriving from the Latin noun use of Jฤnuฤrius, equivalent to Jฤnus. In ancient Roman culture, Jฤnus was a god of doorways, beginnings, and the rising and setting of the sun. His name comes from the Latin jฤnus, meaning 'doorway, archway, arcade.'"
Behind the Name explains that ๐
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)." ๐Nameberry๐ believes it was because of the character ๐
January Wayne in Susann's ๐book 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 — ๐
January Jones ๐ฅ— who played Betty Draper on the wildly successful 2007 ๐บshow Mad Men. The mother-to-be of Jones was inspired by ๐
January Wayne's character so much, she named her baby daughter after her. Now Nameberry says, "๐
January has joined ๐
March, ๐
April, ๐
June and ๐
August as a plausible month name."
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January's rank on the US Top 1000 name chart ๐ is #749. And as of 2024, "๐
January was only used on 11 girls in the US, making it a very rare choice."
๐North Dakota ๐ฅถ has the most Januarys along with supposedly ☀ sunny ๐California.
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January ๐ฅ is just like the month name ๐October to me, one of my favorite names ever. I've loved ๐ฅฐ the name ๐๐
January since I was in high ๐ซschool in fact. It's a name I would have loved to have been named ๐ญ as I was born ๐ถ๐พ (and if I had a daughter and she were born in January, ๐๐
January would be my top pick ๐๐พ) in January (btw today is my ๐birthday! ๐ค).
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January is a beautiful name with significant history behind the name. I definitely prefer๐๐
January more so for a girl ๐ but boys named ๐๐
January ๐ are just as cool. ๐ I'm surprised ๐๐
January is not a top month baby name by now... ๐ค I hope it will start to rise ๐ on the name charts again. ๐ค๐พ 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 & ๐NOTEWORTHY ๐JANUARYS:
๐January LaVoy ๐งผ๐บ (actress)
๐January Isaac ๐บ๐ฅ (actress)
๐January Gessert ๐ / ๐บ๐ (model & reality star)
๐January Low ๐๐ป (dancer)
๐January So ๐ (model)
๐January Thompson ๐ค (singer)
๐January Makamba 
(politician)
๐January Suchodolski ๐ (painter)
♂️Masculine Version of ๐JANUARY:
๐JANUS
๐ญI love the masculine version of January. It's a very strong ๐ช name and I love the meaning ๐ช behind the name. Janus and January could also make a very cute brother/sister name combination, especially for twins. ๐ฆ๐ง
๐STATS ON THE NAME ๐January:
https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/J/JA/JANUARY/index.html
☔๐IRN RATING OF ๐January: ๐ OR ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐/10
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