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Venice

Gender
Girl
Say it
VEN-iss
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#4,935 for girls
US rank, 2025
#5,237 for girls

Venice is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).

What does Venice mean?

Latin: English name of the Italian city, from Latin Venetia

From the city of Venice, named after the Veneti, the ancient people of north-eastern Italy.

Is Venice a girl's or a boy's name?

Venice is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 24 girls and 8 boys in the US.

How popular is Venice in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,935among girls
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 14% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Venice, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 11 girls.

Half of all the girls named Venice in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

2001Busiest: 11 in 20162025
Venice in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20240–
20238#3,098
202210#2,615
20215#4,148
20204#4,744
20195#4,214
20185#4,204
20177#3,395
201611#2,510
20155#4,294
20140–
20133#6,003
20127#3,471
20117#3,360
20103#5,938
20093#5,801
20081#7,383
20074#4,494
20060–
20056#3,133
20044#3,916
20035#3,233
20023#4,284
20014#3,427

How popular is Venice in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,237among girls
Babies in 2025
24about 1 in 67,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 16% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Venice, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 63 girls. It first appears in the records in 1895. 8 boys were also named Venice in 2025 (8,906th for boys).

2025 had fewer girls named Venice than any year since 2003.

Half of all the girls named Venice in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 75% of the babies named Venice in the US were girls.

1895Busiest: 63 in 19212025
Venice in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202524#5,237
202438#3,892
202335#4,112
202235#4,106
202135#4,087
202035#4,004
201947#3,336
201834#4,143
201744#3,478
201637#3,996
201545#3,478
201444#3,547
201339#3,847
201228#4,955
201130#4,680
201041#3,744
200935#4,268
200834#4,447
200742#3,785
200629#4,810
200531#4,369
200427#4,812
200322#5,414
200226#4,617
200114#7,311
200020#5,486
199914#6,830
199819#5,359
199710#8,329
199611#7,569
199516#5,672
199413#6,666
199317#5,413
199210#8,057
199117#5,393
199021#4,518
198914#5,830
198826#3,580
198720#4,119
198611#6,153
198511#6,029
198412#5,538
198313#5,147
198223#3,529
198120#3,858
198024#3,411
197921#3,667
197820#3,637
197724#3,175
197612#4,903
197512#4,852
197419#3,426
197312#4,585
197216#3,714
197126#2,736
197019#3,311
196919#3,101
196820#2,874
196721#2,706
196629#2,190
196522#2,604
196426#2,411
196328#2,251
196228#2,263
196135#1,954
196032#2,012
195931#2,020
195831#1,984
195725#2,217
195628#2,057
195519#2,552
195421#2,377
195332#1,757
195226#1,977
19517#4,384
195012#3,051
194917#2,409
194820#2,187
194722#2,088
19469#3,429
19459#3,131
194410#2,945
194315#2,351
194216#2,213
194114#2,271
194011#2,571
193911#2,590
193812#2,447
193715#2,101
193622#1,593
193516#2,005
193417#1,913
193320#1,723
193225#1,520
193122#1,634
193022#1,702
192928#1,446
192823#1,737
192724#1,727
192634#1,356
192533#1,409
192433#1,440
192326#1,637
192249#1,089
192163#935
192033#1,375
191941#1,155
191846#1,073
191743#1,079
191645#1,026
191532#1,231
191421#1,385
191319#1,308
191214#1,477
191115#1,171
191014#1,207
190913#1,152
19089#1,439
19078#1,512
19067#1,553
19056#1,695
190413#1,001
19037#1,440
190213#972
19018#1,227
190010#1,230
18996#1,393
18986#1,501
18976#1,384
18960–
18957#1,299

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Venice: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/venice, updated 20 October 2026.