Venus

Very beautiful. People should stop being so childish, plenty of things rhyme. I think it would also make a beautiful middle name.

Beautiful, and it's associated with planet Venus in my opinion. It's much better than Venessa.

The meaning puts me off.

I really love this name, and I actually like this name for myself, but I’m scared it’s too feminine. But honestly idc (I’m a transmasc person) so people please name your male characters/boys Venus so I’m not alone lol! (I’m not sure if authors or parents use this site more lol)

Beautiful, but I hate the fact that it rhymes with, you know, that.

This name is not ugly it's actually pretty lovely, I would loved to be named this instead of a boring Lani. Whoever has this name you are truly special, shine bright my shooting star!

It's beautiful, but for a child I'd opt for the ethereal Venera instead.

I am unsurprised that it means means "love, sexual desire" in Latin, it rhymes with penis so what do you expect?

Best as a middle name because it rhymes with penis.

To be honest, I actually think the name Venus is pretty. I don’t really mind the whole sex goddess thing much, besides the girl won’t be a little girl forever, and that’s what makes the name even more cool in my opinion. The fact it’s the name of a goddess.

Pretty but it makes me think of “Take the V out and put a P”. I’m not going to go into any more detail.

Ugly name.

I knew a girl named Venus. It’s a pretty name, and it fitted her.

I kinda like it.

Personally, I think it’s pretty. I don’t know if I’d use it though.

It's one of the prettier planet names, but it would sound weird on a person. And there's the goddess of sexual desire thing... Maybe for a middle name or a character.

I knew a girl with this name and I always thought it was really pretty.

I have the name Venus. It's nice to know that it's based off of a Roman goddess. I never had many problems with my name, honestly it's a nice unique name since not many people use it.

Fine for a story character, but I hate this name on a person. I mean, sexual desire? So you’re a pr**titute, basically. All Venuses out there: you’re an awesome person, I just personally dislike this name, but you’re probably awesome! ;)

Good for a character in a story.

This makes me think of the planet, and I love outer space so this name is super cool. I might consider using it as a middle name for a future daughter.

I think Venus is quite a cool name for a girl. :)

Venus is one of my absolute favorite goddesses, who I love so much. This is one of those names that I'd consider using (possibly), although I'm a bit uncertain if I really like the sound of it enough to use it if I ever got the chance.

I think it`s great that at least this planet name is used, cause people find it strange to name people plantery names like mars, jupiter, but Venus is a common planet name for a person since it's not that strange :)

Leave it to the goddess.

I always think of the razor, and I also think of the annoying Venus Williams. The fact that it rhymes with "penis" will cause so much bullying it won't even be funny.

When I think of this name, I think of Sailor Venus/Minako Aino, a character from the popular Magical Girl series Sailor Moon. That, and the fact that Venus is the alias of a certain porn star. Either way, this name is a huge guilty pleasure.

I like the sound of this, it's certainly a guilty pleasure.

Who'd name a kid after a sexual desire goddess?!

Venus is not a good name in my opinion, because it rhymes with "that special organ in males" and just having your child's name meaning sexual desire is just wrong.

This is a planet name, and the name has connotations to sexuality because of the whole goddess of sexual desire thing, so the name is likely to draw attention to itself, and thus the bearer. Shy girls would probably not enjoy having this name, let alone asexual women. The name just sounds weird on a person. Plus, it rhymes with 'penis', so you can imagine the torment if the other kids decide not to like a girl named Venus.

Venus was also the goddess of beauty, and in a classic sense you can say a very beautiful woman is a Venus. So just imagine you name this a girl and she turns out a dog.

Venus as a name sounds somewhat beautiful in some way, especially after hearing the song "Oh Venus" (yes so what I think it's a nice song! It was sung by Frankie Avalon whose voice probably doesn't rival some of the boy singers of today). It's easy to imagine stars around and a pretty lady with golden-red hair and gorgeous, slinky clothes holding a red rose in her hand. It goes with the impression of the "Birth of Venus" painting. It fits. The same I'd say of Aphrodite, though I think Venus sounds more starry (and starry-eyed) than roses and gardens like Aphrodite. When I think of Aphrodite I imagine the sea shells (both really but in a different way lol) and roses. Ironic, very ironic because I once read that Aphrodite is associated more with the sky and stars and Venus with roses and gardens. Maybe it's just the way the name sounds or something.

I like Veneris. I read Latin for a while in school and that is a form of Venus, that become something I can't remember, like Venus's or something. I just like that as a name.

If people would pronounce the name ve-noos and not veenas like the original pronunciation it would be a nice name!

Remember, this name rhymes with the male organ.

Where the heck did you people get the pronunciation 'ven - is' from? IT IS 'VEE - NUS' I REPEAT, 'VEE - NUS'! Therefore it doesn't rhyme with anything unsuitable! The only down side is the association with the razors.

Venus is pronounced like VEE-nus, which does not rhyme with anything ending in EE-nis.

I like Latin names. I think it's interesting that Venus means love. Just not for my child.