# Justus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/justus/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “just” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,958 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,140 / 818 (8% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 21, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Name of several early saints, from Latin iustus (“just”), from iūs + -tus.

## What it means

Justus 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 | 22 | 6,038 |
| 2012 | 23 | 5,790 |
| 2013 | 30 | 4,701 |
| 2014 | 21 | 6,099 |
| 2015 | 25 | 5,375 |
| 2016 | 20 | 6,281 |
| 2017 | 24 | 5,439 |
| 2018 | 23 | 5,534 |
| 2019 | 18 | 6,551 |
| 2020 | 19 | 6,189 |
| 2021 | 17 | 6,832 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14,397 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,434 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,657 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,501 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 251 | 851 |
| 2012 | 291 | 780 |
| 2013 | 270 | 811 |
| 2014 | 278 | 819 |
| 2015 | 262 | 861 |
| 2016 | 236 | 913 |
| 2017 | 203 | 1,001 |
| 2018 | 215 | 966 |
| 2019 | 193 | 1,058 |
| 2020 | 168 | 1,154 |
| 2021 | 174 | 1,153 |
| 2022 | 141 | 1,333 |
| 2023 | 146 | 1,311 |
| 2024 | 90 | 1,813 |
| 2025 | 79 | 1,952 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 2,357 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |

## In other languages

- Danish: Just
- Finnish: Justus
- French: Just
- German: Justus, Just
- Greek: Ιούστος
- Italian: Giusto
- Latin: Iustus
- Portuguese: Justo
- Spanish: Justo

## People named Justus

- Justus von Liebig, German chemist (1803–1873)
- Joseph Justus Scaliger, French historian (1540-1609)
- Justus Lipsius, Flemish philologist, philosopher and legal scholar (1547-1606)
- Justus, 7th-century missionary, Archbishop of Canterbury, and saint
- Justus van Gent, Flemish painter (1430–1480)
- Justus Sustermans, Flemish painter (1597-1681)
- Justus Jonas, German Lutheran reformer
- Justus Möser, German jurist and social theorist (1720-1794)
- Justus von Dohnányi, German film and television actor, screen writer and film director
- Justus Strelow, German biathlete
- Justus Carl Hasskarl, German botanist (1811-1894)
- Justus D. Barnes, American actor (1862-1946)

## 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.