Jupiter (given name)

{{Infobox given name2

| name = Jupiter

| image= Jupiter statue, Vaticana.jpg

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| caption= Statue of Jupiter at the Vatican.

| pronunciation=

| gender = unisex

| meaning = given in reference to the Roman god Jupiter or to the planet named after the mythological deity.

| region =

| origin = Latin

| seealso = Jovie (given name)

}} File:Jupiter and its shrunken Great Red Spot.jpg.]] Jupiter is a given name of Latin origin which is given in reference either to the Roman god Jupiter or to the planet named after the mythological deity.{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/jupiter|title=Meaning, origin and history of the name Jupiter}}

The name is traditionally masculine but has also been used for girls in recent years. For instance, there were 136 newborn girls who were named Jupiter in the United States in 2022 and 65 boys named Jupiter in the United States in the same year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi|title=Popular Baby Names|access-date=2022-03-20|archive-date=2018-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202070118/https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi|url-status=dead}} Its use for girls has been attributed to its similarity in sound to the name Juniper, which has increased in popularity for American girls, or to its recent use by Ashley Tisdale and her husband Christopher French for their daughter in 2021 and Ed Sheeran and his wife Cherry Seaborn for their daughter in 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://nameberry.com/babyname/jupiter/girl|title = Jupiter - Baby Name Meaning, Origin, and Popularity}} The name has also been used for female characters such as Sailor Jupiter in the Japanese manga series Sailor Moon and the 2015 science fiction film Jupiter Ascending. Names from mythology have also increased in popularity for both boys and girls in the United States. {{cite web

| url= https://nypost.com/2021/12/29/the-craziest-baby-name-trends-of-2022-from-athena-to-wilder/

| title= The craziest baby name trends of 2022 from Athena to Wilder

| last= Mitchell

| first= Alex

| date= 29 December 2021

| website= nypost.com

| publisher= New York Post

| access-date= 21 May 2022

| quote = }}

It is also in use as a surname.