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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

  1. A male given name from Latin.

Usage notes

  • Of mostly historical use in the Anglo-Saxon world.

Translations

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Iustus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjustus/, [ˈjus̠tus̠]
  • Rhymes: -ustus
  • Syllabification(key): Jus‧tus
  • Hyphenation(key): Jus‧tus

Proper noun

Justus

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Justus

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈjʊstʊs/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Proper noun

Justus

  1. a male given name

Latin

Etymology

From justus (righteous).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Jūstus m sg (genitive Jūstī); second declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Papirius Justus, a Roman jurist

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

More information singular, nominative ...

References

  • Justus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Justus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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