Justus
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning just, righteous.
Babies a year
223
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
How Justus has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #858 |
| 2016 | #918 |
| 2018 | #971 |
Justus by the numbers
Justus was given to 223 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 300 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Justus. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Justisjust; righteous; a form of justus22 in the US (2017)
- Justinjust, righteous3,121 in the US (2017)
- Jesusgod is salvation2,741 in the US (2017)
- Juliusyouthful; from the roman family name julius1,001 in the US (2017)
- Justynjust, upright; a spelling variant of Justin30 in the US (2017)
- Justenvariant of Justin; just, righteous20 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Justus
Names that are said the same way as Justus, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean truth
Like Justus, each of these has truth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Emmetttruth; form of Immanuel3,156 in the US (2017)
- Dilantrue sea or faithful; a variant of Dylan229 in the US (2017)
- Emmettruth; a form of Emmanuel218 in the US (2017)
- Trumanfaithful man, true man175 in the US (2017)
- Truetttrue; faithful; honest135 in the US (2017)
- Amenso be it; truth; certainty131 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Justus
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