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Justus
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See also: justus
English
Etymology
Name of several early saints, from Latin iustus (“just”), from iūs + -tus.
Proper noun
Justus
- A male given name from Latin.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 1:23:
- And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
Usage notes
- Of mostly historical use in the Anglo-Saxon world.
Translations
male given name
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Finnish
Etymology
From Latin Iustus.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Justus
- a male given name, equivalent to English Justus
Declension
Statistics
- Justus is the 258th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,919 male individuals (and as a middle name to 561 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Iustus, also used as a Latinization of Jost.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Justus
- a male given name
Latin
Etymology
From justus (“righteous”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈjuːs.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjus.tus]
Proper noun
Jūstus m sg (genitive Jūstī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
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