🔥Juniper

Latin tree name

"young"

Juniper Origin and Meaning

The name Juniper is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "young".

Juniper is a fresh-feeling nature name -- it's a small evergreen shrub -- with lots of energy. A new favorite of fashionable parents, Juniper joins such other tree and shrub names as Hazel, Acacia, and Willow.

Juniper has an interesting variety of associations -- it's mentioned in the Old Testament, was used in Renaissance paintings to represent chastity, has berries used to flavor gin, and Juniper is the Saint of Comedy. A male St. Juniper was a follower of St. Francis of Assisi.

Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny author Margaret Wise Brown sometimes used the pen name of Juniper Sage. And in the Junie B. Jones kids' books, Junie's full name is Juniper Beatrice. There also have been Junipers is cartoon series (The Life and Times of Juniper Lee) and comic strips as well.

The name got something of a hippieish vibe via the 1969 hit Donovan song, 'Jennifer Juniper.'

Juniper entered the U.S. Top 1000 for the first time in 2011 and has risen to the Top 150.

Juniper Rank in US Top 1000

# 113 in the US

Juniper Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 71 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Juniper

• 113 US 2023
• 71 Nameberry 2025
• 174 Canada 2023
• 155 Future 2028
• 345 England 2023
• 81 Cats 2022

20 Names Similar to Juniper

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Juniper.

• Clover
• Juno
• Iris
• Briar
• Lavender
• Sage
• Wren
• Fern
• Willow
• Indigo
• Poppy
• Clementine
• Rue
• Lark
• Flora
• Magnolia
• Ivy
• Opal
• Fleur
• Olive

Famous People Named Juniper

• Juniper Sage pen name of Margaret Wise Brown and Edith Thacher Hurd, American children's authors

The name Juniper in Pop Culture

• Juniper character in 2012 movie "Mud"
• "The Life and Times Of Juniper Lee " animated series and main character
• "Juniper " novel by Monica Furlong and its main character
• Juniper Beatrice "Junie B." Jones main character in the Junie B. Jones series
• Juniper nymph in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan.
• Juniper "Joon" Pearl character from the movie "Benny and Joon"
• Juniper Cooper character on TV series "Riverdale," twin of brother Dagwood Cooper
• Juniper Blythe character in "The distant hours" by Kate Morton
• Juniper Pachyrhinosaurus in the film "Walking with Dinosaurs 3D"
• Juniper Woods character in video game 'Ace Attorney'
• Aurea Juniper professor character in the Pokemon Black and White video games
• "Jennifer Juniper " Song by Donovan
• Juniper Andromeda character in Sarah J Maas's Crescent City