Justin
A Latin name meaning "just" or "righteous". In Poland it stays rare, given only to boys and to just a handful of newborns each year, so meeting one sticks in memory.
Justin Pronunciation
Justin is pronounced YOOS-teen (/ˈjustin/).
What Justin means
Where Justin comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Justin traces back to the Latin iustus, meaning just or righteous. Romans built the fuller form Iustinus from that adjective, and it is the root beneath the modern name.
One early bearer gives the name its ballast. Justin Martyr, a philosopher of the second century, defended his young faith in writing and was killed for it. A little later Justin I rose from a peasant household to rule as a Byzantine emperor. Both men wore a name built on the idea of fairness.
Today Justin reads as thoroughly English, familiar from pop songs and screens across the English-speaking world. On a Polish class register it sits among more local names, its spelling left alone. The meaning stays near the surface. What the Latin offered was plain: sprawiedliwy, prawy, just and righteous.
How many people are named Justin
1 in 27402 men in Poland is named Justin. 781 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1059 among male names.
Justin's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1631 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2020. Still the #1059 name among living men, even as it slips to #1631 among newborns.
Where Justin is most popular
Justin is most popular in Opole, 2505% above the national average (5 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Silesian (+322%).
Justin as a middle name
Justin is a first name for 781 men in Poland and a middle name for another 191, an 80/20 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 494th, between Tristan (192) and Lucjusz (189).
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#492 Raymond192
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#494 Justin191
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#495 Lucjusz189
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