Ustyna
A Ukrainian name tied to Justyna, from the Latin for "just, righteous". Most Poles have never met one: after two decades with none on the record, a couple of girls got it last year, the first who show up at all.
Ustyna Pronunciation
Ustyna is pronounced oos-TIH-nah (/usˈtɨna/).
What Ustyna means
Where Ustyna comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ustyna grew from Latin roots. The name traces back to iustus, "just," the same source that gave Polish its Justyna. In Ukrainian usage it settled into Ustyna, while the Polish variant kept the harder opening sound. The short meaning stays close to that old word: just, righteous, sprawiedliwa.
One bearer fixed it in Ukrainian memory. In Marko Vovchok's 1860 novella "Instytutka," the narrator is a serf named Ustyna. She recounts cruelty under a capricious young mistress, and she recounts it plainly. A name meaning "righteous" suits the woman who watches injustice and reports it.
On a Polish class register, Justyna is common and Ustyna is rare. That rarity marks the Ukrainian line. Read the ending: Ustyna means sprawiedliwa.
How many people are named Ustyna
1 in 265222 women in Poland is named Ustyna. 85 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3849 among female names.
Ustyna's popularity over time
2 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1860 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.