Justin Forename
573rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,352,774 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Niue
Justin Forename Definition:
A male name. a derivative of Latin justus ‘just’, the name of two Byzantine emperors, and of the writer Justin Martyr (d. a.d. 163). The name has not been used much in England, oftener in Ireland where it is used to render some native name.
Read More About This ForenameJustin Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 471,654 | 1:769 | 153 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 300,913 | 1:245 | 20 |
| Cameroon | 99% | 76,182 | 1:284 | 28 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 42,783 | 1:266 | 40 |
| England | 100% | 34,351 | 1:1,619 | 298 |
| Zambia | - | 32,612 | 1:486 | 100 |
| Canada | 100% | 30,294 | 1:1,094 | 249 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 29,323 | 1:806 | 172 |
| Australia | - | 28,582 | 1:478 | 108 |
| Sudan | 100% | 21,814 | 1:1,733 | 321 |
| Central African Republic | - | 19,455 | 1:232 | 70 |
| Benin | 100% | 17,552 | 1:603 | 88 |
| South Africa | 100% | 16,498 | 1:3,305 | 621 |
| Burundi | 100% | 14,483 | 1:684 | 212 |
| Malawi | 100% | 13,643 | 1:1,254 | 264 |
| Nigeria | 99% | 13,613 | 1:13,044 | 1,570 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 12,737 | 1:4,144 | 711 |
| Philippines | 94% | 11,357 | 1:9,334 | 1,284 |
| India | 93% | 9,590 | 1:126,682 | 14,606 |
| Kenya | 96% | 8,611 | 1:5,378 | 827 |
| Togo | - | 8,241 | 1:878 | 104 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 7,879 | 1:1,958 | 358 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 6,589 | 1:14,807 | 2,054 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 6,248 | 1:1,305 | 152 |
| Congo | 100% | 5,880 | 1:852 | 127 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 5,559 | 1:5,478 | 628 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 5,497 | 1:3,344 | 466 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 5,492 | 1:2,103 | 360 |
| Haiti | 100% | 4,952 | 1:2,166 | 342 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4,896 | 1:6,293 | 980 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,800 | 1:5,676 | 1,044 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 4,724 | 1:3,578 | 600 |
| Ghana | 100% | 4,439 | 1:6,079 | 720 |
| New Zealand | - | 4,211 | 1:1,077 | 252 |
| France | 100% | 4,194 | 1:15,849 | 809 |
| Uganda | 57% | 3,454 | 1:11,858 | 1,134 |
| Guinea | 100% | 3,409 | 1:3,479 | 382 |
| Thailand | 100% | 3,233 | 1:21,672 | 2,933 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2,994 | 1:7,707 | 862 |
| China | - | 2,487 | 1:549,279 | 27,093 |
| Gabon | 100% | 2,405 | 1:783 | 161 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,375 | 1:1,303 | 280 |
| Angola | - | 2,294 | 1:11,755 | 1,288 |
| Indonesia | 92% | 2,230 | 1:115,679 | 12,675 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,218 | 1:9,377 | 1,424 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2,055 | 1:2,260 | 326 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,977 | 1:6,878 | 1,065 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,741 | 1:91,592 | 6,439 |
| Mali | 100% | 1,546 | 1:10,982 | 909 |
| Poland | 58% | 1,461 | 1:26,028 | 866 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,450 | 1:66,674 | 1,675 |
| Liberia | 99% | 1,231 | 1:3,584 | 474 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,152 | 1:2,503 | 541 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,095 | 1:4,886 | 480 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1,072 | 1:5,865 | 1,029 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,007 | 1:1,352 | 255 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 987 | 1:1,867 | 316 |
| Egypt | 97% | 976 | 1:94,161 | 4,390 |
| Senegal | 100% | 963 | 1:15,142 | 997 |
| Oman | - | 858 | 1:4,789 | 643 |
| Belgium | 100% | 745 | 1:15,423 | 1,358 |
| Malta | - | 744 | 1:577 | 136 |
| Namibia | - | 637 | 1:3,774 | 606 |
| Japan | - | 613 | 1:208,786 | 6,997 |
| Hong Kong | - | 529 | 1:14,655 | 1,535 |
| Morocco | - | 519 | 1:66,182 | 2,499 |
| South Korea | 100% | 500 | 1:11,089 | 1,347 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 445 | 1:23,441 | 2,090 |
| Brazil | 100% | 444 | 1:482,514 | 16,044 |
| Pakistan | 90% | 406 | 1:478,713 | 11,281 |
| Vanuatu | - | 398 | 1:658 | 164 |
| Costa Rica | 93% | 380 | 1:12,547 | 1,067 |
| Romania | 100% | 368 | 1:54,489 | 2,985 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 367 | 1:1,583 | 296 |
| Czechia | 95% | 359 | 1:29,683 | 679 |
| Spain | 100% | 345 | 1:134,869 | 3,355 |
| Qatar | 100% | 342 | 1:6,929 | 1,122 |
| Bahrain | - | 326 | 1:4,137 | 668 |
| Lebanon | 67% | 289 | 1:19,473 | 1,499 |
| Fiji | - | 288 | 1:3,099 | 856 |
| Switzerland | 99% | 262 | 1:31,349 | 1,747 |
| Sweden | 90% | 241 | 1:40,904 | 2,288 |
| Portugal | - | 231 | 1:45,069 | 1,625 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 230 | 1:677 | 216 |
| Samoa | - | 228 | 1:856 | 261 |
| Botswana | - | 227 | 1:9,623 | 1,390 |
| Belize | 100% | 200 | 1:1,772 | 397 |
| Russia | 98% | 200 | 1:721,169 | 6,969 |
| Kuwait | - | 199 | 1:19,021 | 2,052 |
| Somalia | - | 199 | 1:67,969 | 3,157 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 187 | 1:496 | 99 |
| Guam | - | 157 | 1:1,023 | 225 |
| Ecuador | - | 156 | 1:113,634 | 2,603 |
| Swaziland | - | 154 | 1:8,443 | 1,221 |
| Mexico | 67% | 145 | 1:856,168 | 7,469 |
| Italy | 86% | 142 | 1:430,015 | 4,798 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 138 | 1:172,244 | 16,355 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 136 | 1:39,045 | 683 |
| Saint Lucia | 94% | 134 | 1:1,327 | 230 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 133 | 1:18,487 | 1,217 |
| Guyana | 100% | 123 | 1:6,205 | 1,067 |
| Denmark | - | 122 | 1:46,307 | 1,829 |
| Albania | 99% | 119 | 1:25,601 | 2,978 |
| French Polynesia | - | 119 | 1:2,335 | 505 |
| Panama | 100% | 117 | 1:33,389 | 2,657 |
| Jersey | - | 114 | 1:877 | 201 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 106 | 1:578 | 88 |
| Grenada | 100% | 105 | 1:1,030 | 202 |
| Norway | 100% | 98 | 1:52,371 | 2,135 |
| Iraq | 100% | 97 | 1:361,009 | 4,694 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 97 | 1:317,386 | 6,177 |
| Barbados | - | 89 | 1:3,256 | 604 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 87 | 1:1,064,633 | 2,712 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 81 | 1:372,863 | 10,977 |
| Bahamas | - | 80 | 1:4,992 | 788 |
| Bermuda | - | 79 | 1:821 | 172 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 79 | 1:90,532 | 7,429 |
| Austria | 100% | 75 | 1:113,523 | 2,244 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 75 | 1:729 | 130 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 74 | 1:7,622 | 700 |
| Micronesia | - | 73 | 1:1,459 | 244 |
| Nicaragua | 90% | 71 | 1:84,765 | 3,177 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 71 | 1:1,572 | 289 |
| American Samoa | - | 69 | 1:809 | 73 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 69 | 1:3,915 | 602 |
| Chile | 82% | 68 | 1:258,930 | 4,213 |
| Guernsey | - | 68 | 1:931 | 201 |
| Suriname | 100% | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 64 | 1:1,715 | 347 |
| Afghanistan | 50% | 59 | 1:552,941 | 8,819 |
| Colombia | 95% | 59 | 1:809,812 | 10,156 |
| Gibraltar | - | 59 | 1:579 | 126 |
| Israel | 80% | 46 | 1:182,672 | 5,923 |
| Peru | 90% | 45 | 1:706,477 | 10,982 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 44 | 1:2,259 | 487 |
| Marshall Islands | 96% | 43 | 1:1,191 | 151 |
| Honduras | 100% | 41 | 1:215,060 | 4,860 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 41 | 1:1,338 | 308 |
| Estonia | 100% | 37 | 1:35,551 | 2,373 |
| Mongolia | - | 37 | 1:79,319 | 5,615 |
| Nauru | 89% | 37 | 1:322 | 34 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 34 | 1:919 | 199 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 34 | 1:1,021 | 229 |
| Finland | 100% | 31 | 1:176,877 | 3,198 |
| Greece | 100% | 29 | 1:377,053 | 5,762 |
| Brunei | - | 26 | 1:16,137 | 987 |
| Gambia | - | 25 | 1:77,064 | 396 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 25 | 1:283,547 | 466 |
| Argentina | 100% | 22 | 1:1,944,238 | 7,405 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 19 | 1:934,044 | 10,348 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 16 | 1:71,106 | 389 |
| Eritrea | - | 16 | 1:297,061 | 236 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| Cambodia | - | 14 | 1:1,162,381 | 17,251 |
| Croatia | 100% | 14 | 1:301,220 | 4,308 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Guatemala | - | 13 | 1:1,239,110 | 4,883 |
| Niue | - | 13 | 1:123 | 22 |
| Macau | - | 12 | 1:50,684 | 561 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 12 | 1:603,067 | 5,347 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 11 | 1:1,205 | 212 |
| Myanmar | - | 11 | 1:4,722,570 | 1,407 |
| Belarus | 100% | 10 | 1:948,238 | 5,152 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 10 | 1:8,502 | 218 |
| Lesotho | 67% | 10 | 1:204,000 | 14,165 |
| Turkey | 100% | 10 | 1:7,780,171 | 28,511 |
| Comoros | - | 9 | 1:84,593 | 329 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Lithuania | - | 9 | 1:327,987 | 2,126 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Jordan | 59% | 8 | 1:1,103,347 | 5,616 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 7 | 1:449 | 81 |
| Niger | 100% | 7 | 1:2,740,571 | 30,052 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 6 | 1:1,607,157 | 18,833 |
| Monaco | - | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 6 | 1:591,717 | 4,217 |
| Algeria | - | 5 | 1:7,635,344 | 12,071 |
| Maldives | - | 5 | 1:86,781 | 2,313 |
| Mauritius | - | 5 | 1:259,557 | 4,811 |
| Moldova | - | 5 | 1:712,228 | 3,885 |
| Dominica | - | 4 | 1:18,868 | 592 |
| Hungary | 79% | 4 | 1:2,447,943 | 4,263 |
| Kosovo | - | 4 | 1:465,360 | 11,976 |
| Montserrat | - | 4 | 1:1,219 | 202 |
| Nepal | - | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:16,376 | 1,521 |
| Serbia | 100% | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Cape Verde | - | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Mauritania | - | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Justín (810) are calculated separately.
Justin (93,662) may also be a surname.
Justin Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. a derivative of Latin justus ‘just’, the name of two Byzantine emperors, and of the writer Justin Martyr (d. a.d. 163). The name has not been used much in England, oftener in Ireland where it is used to render some native name. The Welsh Yestin, Iestin is said to come from it.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
From Latin Justinus, a m. diminutive of justus, ‘the just,’ from Latin jus, ‘right,’ ‘law.’ The most noted Justinus is known to us as Justin the Martyr: one of the greatest early Church writers,—in fact, he was the most instructive of the C2 writers,—he was beheaded at Rome in 167.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A male name derived from the Roman Justinus, formed from Justus. See Just.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
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