# Justine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/justine/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “just” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 40,620 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,412 / 38,208 (94% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 457, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Justine, from Latin Iūstīna, name of early saints, feminine of Iūstīnus, derivative of Iūstus, from iūstus (“just”). The feminine equivalent of Justin.

## What it means

Justine is grouped under justice.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 170 | 1,356 |
| 2012 | 140 | 1,562 |
| 2013 | 123 | 1,698 |
| 2014 | 101 | 1,971 |
| 2015 | 102 | 1,966 |
| 2016 | 104 | 1,936 |
| 2017 | 98 | 2,012 |
| 2018 | 84 | 2,209 |
| 2019 | 67 | 2,616 |
| 2020 | 50 | 3,163 |
| 2021 | 38 | 3,905 |
| 2022 | 48 | 3,341 |
| 2023 | 43 | 3,623 |
| 2024 | 44 | 3,541 |
| 2025 | 40 | 3,741 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 23 | 3,940 |
| 2005 | 34 | 3,052 |
| 2006 | 36 | 3,056 |
| 2007 | 24 | 4,185 |
| 2008 | 18 | 5,165 |
| 2009 | 19 | 5,024 |
| 2010 | 14 | 6,203 |
| 2011 | 13 | 6,409 |
| 2012 | 12 | 6,819 |
| 2013 | 10 | 7,814 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,165 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13,015 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13,190 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,428 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,026 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 25 | 965 |
| 2004 | 29 | 912 |
| 2005 | 17 | 1,343 |
| 2006 | 23 | 1,153 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,410 |
| 2008 | 17 | 1,584 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,759 |
| 2010 | 12 | 2,104 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Justina
- Chinese: 賈絲廷 /贾丝廷
- Czech: Justýna
- Finnish: Justiina
- French: Justine
- Greek: Ιουστίνη
- Italian: Giustina
- Latvian: Justīne
- Polish: Justyna
- Portuguese: Justina
- Russian: Юсти́на, Жюсти́н, Джасти́н
- Spanish: Justina
- Swedish: Justina
- Ukrainian: Юсти́на

## People named Justine

- Justine Henin, Belgian tennis player (born 1982)
- Justine Triet, French film director and screenwriter
- Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian freestyle skier
- Justine Greening, British politician (born 1969)
- Justine Musk, Canadian author (born 1972)
- Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, French biathlete
- Justine Bateman, American actress, writer, and producer
- iJustine, American YouTube personality (born 1984)
- Justine Waddell, British actress
- Justine Lupe, American actress
- Justine Siegemund, German midwife who wrote a book on midwifery
- Justine Joli, American adult model and pornographic actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.