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Justina
Say it: jus-TEE-nuh
Meaning
Latin, feminine of Justinus, from justus 'just, fair'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Common in Poland as Justyna and in France as Justine.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1990s
In the United States
- 12,045 babies given this name since 1882
- At its height in 1990, about 1 in 4,300 girls
- 55 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| French | Justine |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Justina |
| Italian | Giustina |
| Polish | Justyna |
| Romanian | Iustina |
Famous bearers
- Justina of Padua, early martyr
- Justina, Roman empress
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.