Venus

Venus (mythology) is the Roman goddess of love.
The given name may also refer to:
People:
Venus Lacy (born 1967), American former Olympic and professional basketball player
Venus Raj (born 1988), Miss Philippines Universe 2010 and 4th runner-up at Miss Universe 2010
Venus Ramey (1924-2017), Miss America in 1944
Venus Terzo (born 1967), actress
Venus Williams (born 1980), professional tennis player
Fictional characters:
Venus (Tannhäuser opera), leading role in Wagner's opera
Venus (Marvel Comics), two Marvel Comics characters
Venus (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), the short-lived sister of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Venus Smith, an early associate of John Steed in The Avengers (TV series)
Venus Bluegenes, in the British comic 2000 AD and in comic strips
Kasuga, the female ninja in the Uesugi clan in Devil Kings whose Devil Kings' name is Venus
Venus, a glamorous doctor of French origin on the television show Fireball XL5
Venus, the female protagonist in the PSP video game Metal Gear Acid 2

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Late Old English, from Latin Venus (plural veneres), in ancient Roman mythology, the goddess of beauty and love, especially sensual love, from venus "love, sexual desire; loveliness, beauty, charm; a beloved object," from PIE root *wen- (1) "to desire, strive for." Applied by the Romans to Greek Aphrodite, Egyptian Hathor, etc. Applied in English to any beautiful, attractive woman by 1570s. As the name of the most brilliant planet from late 13c., from this sense in Latin (Old English called it morgensteorra and æfensteorra). The venus fly-trap (Dionæa muscipula) was discovered 1760 by Gov. Arthur Dobbs in North Carolina and description sent to Collinson in England. The Central Atlantic Coast Algonquian name for the plant, /titipiwitshik/, yielded regional American English tippity wichity.

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Beauty; delight, love, sexual desire.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Venus Williams	1980	American tennis player
2	Venus Lux	1990	American pornographic actress
3	Sailor Venus	1978	Fictional character in Sailor Moon
4	Venus Xtravaganza	1965	American performer, escort, and dancer
5	Venus Raj	1988	Filipino model
6	Brenda Venus	1957	American actress, author, ballet dancer, director, and producer
7	Venus Palermo	1997	YouTube personality
8	Venus Ramey	1924	American model, Miss America 1944, and political
9	Venus		Name of two fictional characters appearing in Marvel Comics
10	Venus Terzo	1967	Canadian actress
11	Venus DeMilo	1977	American actress
12	Mark Venus	1967	English footballer
13	Venus Flytrap
14	Venus Nicolino	1972
15	Venus Lacy	1967	Basketball player
16	Venus Brown		American record producer
17	Venus Bluegenes
18	Venus Veldhoen	1968
19	Venus Albeiro Silva	1963
20	Ross Venus	1994	English ice hockey winger
21	Venus El-Kassem	1995	German association football player
22	Albert Venus	1842	German draughtsman
23	Frieder Venus	1950
24	Venus Villa
25	Ernst Venus	1880	German amtshauptmann and jurist
26	August Leopold Venus	1843	German painter
27	Michael Venus		Special Needs Teacher