Justin

//ˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪn// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Latin, popular in the English-speaking world since the 1970s.

    "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."

  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    A city in Denton County, Texas, United States, named after Justin Sherman of the Santa Fe Railway.

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"Squad Leader Justin, a blip's appeared on the hyperspace radar!"

Etymology

Name of early saints, Latin Iūstīnus, from Iūstus + -īnus, from iūstus (“just”).

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