Justin
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Name of early saints, Latin Iustīnus, from Iustus + -īnus, from iustus (“just”).
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Justin
- A male given name from Latin. Popular in the English-speaking world since the 1970s.
- 1892, Alfred Emanuel Smith, New Outlook, Outlook Publishing Co., published 1925, page 43:
- What is there, I wonder, about the name Justin that gives its bearer the quality of leadership? Justin Morrill was a leader of men. Justin Morgan was a leader of horses.
- 1996, Sherman Alexie, Indian Killer, →ISBN, page 102:
- 'It says here his name was Justin Summers. Now, if that ain't the whitest white-guy name of all time, then I don't know what. It's just a damn shame.'
- A surname.
- A city in Denton County, Texas, United States, named after Justin Sherman of the Santa Fe Railway.
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male given name
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Justin m (feminine Justine)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Justin
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Justin
- a male given name, equivalent to English Justin
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Jȕstin m (Cyrillic spelling Ју̏стин)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Justin