Janusz
Janusz is a masculine Polish given name and a surname. It is a Polish form of the Latin name Johannes.
- Polish
Meaning & Origin of Janusz
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Janusz is a masculine Polish given name and a surname. It is a Polish form of the Latin name Johannes.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Polish
The Story of Janusz
American parents first put Janusz on the record books as a baby boy name in 1994, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1994, when 5 Januszs were born — ranking #8,799 that year. Janusz last appeared in the published SSA data in 1994, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Janusz
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About the name Janusz
Janusz is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Janusz's peak popularity came in 1994 when it ranked #8,799. Use the chart and map above to compare Janusz's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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