Meaning: Its source is an English expression meaning "The first month of the year."

Popularity: The name January ranked 3265th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

Though this name appears on the 1990 U.S. Census lists, it is used by only a small percentage of the general population.

Narrative: The month of January derives its name from the Roman god Janus. He was endowed with two faces, which allowed him to look both to the past and to the future -- an attitude many of us assume at the end of the old year and the beginning of the new.