Venin

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in French: venom (poison)

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Venin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 235K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CMCameroon≈1 in 466K
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 752K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈290 people, est.

Sources
125 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 235K (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Synonym of venom.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

How Venin is read(measured from records)

Venin is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • French67%

    venom (poison)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • English20%

    Synonym of venom.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Venin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Venin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France≈290 est.≈1 in 235K27Venin125
CM Cameroon≈60 est.≈1 in 466K—Venin1
US United States≈46 est.≈1 in 7.2MlistedVenin21
BR Brazil311 in 6.8M31——
ZA South Africa≈18 est.≈1 in 3.1M—Venin1
ES Spain171 in 2.9M17—2
NZ New Zealand≈7 est.≈1 in 752K—Venin1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Venin is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Türkiye, Ukraine, Kazakhstan

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Венин

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Venin is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In frm, venom

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 6 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Venin come from?
Synonym of venom. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What does the name Venin mean?
In French, venom (poison)
In which country does Venin have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 289 people named Venin in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled venin.
How common is the name Venin?
In Brazil, the national register counted 31 people named Venin, about 1 in 6.8 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Venin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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