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Justin - Meaning of Justin
What does Justin mean?
[ 2 syll. ju-(s)tin, jus-t-in ] The baby girl name Justin is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced JHAHS-TihN in English or ZHuw-STEHN in French †. Justin's language of origin is Latin. It is derived from the word justus with the meaning 'just, righteous, fair'. See Justin for more information.
Forms of Justin include the names Justice and Justine.
See also the related categories, righteous (holy) and fair.
Justin is an uncommon baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1987, 0.013% of baby girls were named Justin. It had a ranking of #718 then. The baby name has fallen from favor since then, and is of only irregular use now. In 2016, within the family of girl names directly related to Justin, Justice was the most popular. In the last century Justin has mainly been a boy name. There were 158 times more boys than girls who were named Justin in 1989.
Baby names that sound like Justin include Jaden, Jadene, Jadeyn, Jadien, Jadin, Jadine, Jadyn, Jadyne, Jadynn, Jaeden, Jaedin, Jaedyn, Jaidan, Jaiden, Jaidin, Jaidon, Jaidyn, Jaydan, Jayden, and Jaydin.
† Pronunciation for Justin: JH as in "joy (JH.OY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; ZH as in "beige (B.EY.ZH" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)"
