Meaning and Origin
What does the name Juniper mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from Canada says the name Juniper is of Latin origin and means "Young, beautiful".
- 2 submissions from the United Kingdom and Australia agree the name Juniper means "Young" and is of Latin origin.
- According to a user from Colorado, U.S., the name Juniper means "Youth, beauty".
- A submission from California, U.S. says the name Juniper means "Friend to all and beautiful" and is of English origin.
- A user from Australia says the name Juniper is of Latin origin and means "Evergreen".
Note: ☞ The common juniper (Juniperus communis) is a shrub of a low, spreading form, having awl-shaped, rigid leaves in whorls of threes, and bearing small purplish blue berries (or galbuli), of a warm, pungent taste, used as diuretic and in flavoring gin. A resin exudes from the bark, which has erroneously been considered identical with sandarach, and is used as pounce. The oil of juniper is acrid, and used for various purposes, as in medicine, for making varnish, etc. The wood of several species is of a reddish color, hard and durable, and is used in cabinetwork under the names of red cedar Bermuda cedar, etc.
Etymology: L. juniperus, prop., youth-producing, and so called from its evergreen appearance, from the roots of E. juvenile, and parent. Cf. Gin the liquor
- Coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones
- Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
From Latin iūniperus (“juniper-tree”).
- Any shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus of the cypress family, which is characterized by pointed, needle-like leaves and aromatic berry-like cones.
- One of a number of coniferous trees which resemble junipers.