Names Like Venus — Find Similar Baby Names
Venus is a 5-letter Greek girls' name meaning “Love And Beauty”. This page collects 121 such names across 7 kinds of similarity — including spelling variants like Van and Vance, Greek cousins like Abdera and Abderus, rhyming names ending in -nus like Janus and Linus, and names sharing the “beauty” concept like Adara and Afet.
For the full Venus profile (meaning, popularity history, famous people, state-by-state stats), see the main Venus page.
Names Similar in Spelling to Venus
24 baby names that differ from Venus by 1–3 letters (Levenshtein edit distance). Useful for finding spelling variants and phonetic alternatives.
| Name | Edit distance | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van | 3 | Cloud | Vietnamese | Female |
| Vance | 3 | Grain Fans | English | Male |
| Vanda | 3 | Wanderer | German | Female |
| Vande | 3 | Wanderer | German | Female |
| Vanesa | 3 | Butterfly. Variant Of Vanessa. | Spanish | Female |
| Vania | 3 | God's Gift | Hebrew | Female |
| Vanko | 3 | Gracious Gift | Greek | Male |
| Vanna | 3 | God's Gift | Hebrew | Female |
| Vannes | 3 | Grain Fans | English | Male |
| Vega | 3 | Falling | Arabic | Female |
| Velma | 3 | Protector. | Greek | Female |
| Vema | 3 | Myth Name (Goddess Of Sex) | Indian | Female |
| Vencel | 3 | Victorious | Hungarian | Male |
| Venessa | 3 | Butterfly | Greek | Female |
| Ventura | 3 | Good Fortune | Spanish | Female |
| Verel | 3 | TRUE | French | Male |
| Verge | 3 | Owns Four Acres Of Land | Anglo | Male |
| Vern | 3 | Surname Related To Vernon Alder Tree Grove. Also Used As Abbreviati... | French | Male |
| Vernay | 3 | From The Alder Grove | French | Male |
| Verne | 3 | Surname Related To Vernon Alder Tree Grove. Also Used As Abbreviati... | English | Male |
| Verney | 3 | From The Alder Grove | French | Male |
| Vernon | 3 | From Vernon | French | Male |
| Veryl | 3 | TRUE | French | Male |
| Vesna | 3 | Spring | English | Female |
More Greek Names
24 baby names that share Venus’s Greek origin.
| Name | Meaning | Gender |
|---|---|---|
| Abdera | From Abdera | Female |
| Abderus | Myth Name (A Friend Of Hercules) | Male |
| Absyrtus | Myth Name (Brother Of Medea) | Male |
| Abydos | From Abydos | Male |
| Acantha | Thorn | Female |
| Acastus | Myth Name (An Argonaut) | Male |
| Acestes | Myth Name | Male |
| Achates | Myth Name (Companion Of Aeneas) | Male |
| Achelous | Myth Name (A River God) | Male |
| Acheron | Myth Name (River Of Woe) | Male |
| Achilles | Lipless | Male |
| Acis | Myth Name (Lover Of Galatea) | Male |
| Aconteus | Myth Name | Male |
| Acrisius | Myth Name (Grandfather Of Perseus) | Male |
| Acteon | Myth Name (A Hunter Torn Apart By His Own Dogs) | Male |
| Adelpha | "Dear Sister."Variants Include Adelphe And Adelphie. | Female |
| Admeta | Myth Name (From A Tale Of Hercules) | Female |
| Admetus | Myth Name (A King Of Pherae) | Male |
| Adrastus | Myth Name (One Of The Attackers In "The Seven Against Thebes") | Male |
| Adrial | Male | |
| Aeacus | Myth Name (Grandfather Of Achilles) | Male |
| Aeaea | Myth Name (Island Of Circe) | Female |
| Aedon | Myth Name (Daughter Of Pandareos) | Female |
| Aeetes | Myth Name (Medea's Father) | Male |
5-Letter V-Names Like Venus
24 names that share Venus's exact length (5 letters) and starting letter — a peer cluster for parents who like Venus's shape and sound.
Today's Most-Popular Girls' Names — Compare to Venus
Top 12 girls' names by US births in the most recent decade (2014–2024 SSA records). Each link opens a side-by-side comparison with Venus.
Names That Rhyme with Venus
18 baby names that share Venus's last 3 letters — -nus. Useful for rhyming sibling pairs and names with matching phonetic endings.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janus | Myth Name (God Of Beginnings) JEROLIN, JEROME | Latin | Male |
| Linus | Flaxen-Haired | Greek | Male |
| Manus | Surname. | Irish | Male |
| Ocnus | Incompetent | Greek | Male |
| Yunus | A Prophet's Name; Meaning Unknown | Arabic | Male |
| Cronus | Myth Name (A Titan) | Greek | Male |
| Cycnus | Swan | Greek | Male |
| Magnus | Great | Danish | Male |
| Uranus | Myth Name (Sky) | Greek | Male |
| Albinus | Name Of An Abbot | Anglo | Male |
| Avernus | Myth Name (Portal To Hades) | Greek | Male |
| Brennus | A Supposed King Of Britain | Arthurian | Male |
| Helenus | Myth Name (Son Of Priam) | Greek | Male |
| Maponus | God Of Youth And Music | Anglo | Male |
| Oceanus | Myth Name (Father Of The Oceanids) | Greek | Male |
| Bellinus | Name Of A King | Anglo | Male |
| Dardanus | Myth Name (Founder Of Troy) | Greek | Male |
| Isdernus | Knight Of Arthur | Arthurian | Male |
Names That Start Like Venus
7 baby names that begin with the same opening sound as Venus — Ven-. Good for parents who like Venus's opening but want a different ending, or for matched-initial sibling sets.