Name meaning and origin
Justin
Latin: Derived from Justus, "just, upright"
Pronounced JUS-tin; Spanish Justino hoos-TEE-noh
Where the name comes from
- LatinDerived from Justus, "just, upright"Latin Iustinus < Iustus "just"From a Roman name borne by the 2nd-century apologist Justin Martyr and two Byzantine emperors. In English it has been used occasionally since the late Middle Ages and became common only in the second half of the 20th century (Hanks & Hodges, A Dictionary of First Names, 1990, p. 185).
Justin across traditions
- United States. SSA #17 boys’ name of the 1990s (220,135 births); 641 New Mexico boys in 2000–2009.
Forms in other languages
Justino (Spanish), Iustinus, Justine (feminine)
Justin in letter-number systems
Hebrew, Greek and other traditions gave every letter a number, and read meaning into the totals. These are the counts, computed; the readings are inside the Innerverse.
145
Hebrew Standard
1
Hebrew Ordinal
93
English Simple
558
English Sumerian
69
English Reverse
970
Greek Isopsephy
2
Chaldean
3
Pythagorean
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