Justine

Where Justine comes from

From French Justine, from Latin Iūstīna, name of early saints, feminine of Iūstīnus, derivative of Iūstus, from iūstus (“just”). The feminine equivalent of Justin.
— Wiktionary's entry for Justine
  • Latin
  • French
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #623 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1978
    Justine Triet born
    French film director and screenwriter
  3. 1982
    Justine Henin born
    Belgian tennis player
  4. 1987
    Peak, #176
    1,587 babies named Justine — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1998
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #377.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
  • A male given name from French and Latin, of chiefly Philippine usage, variant of Justin.
Namesakes
  • Justine Henin · Belgian tennis player, born 1982
  • Justine Triet · French film director and screenwriter, born 1978
  • Justine Dufour-Lapointe · Canadian freestyle skier, born 1994
  • Justine Greening · British politician, born 1969
  • Justine Musk · Canadian author, born 1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.