Justine

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proper noun

A female given name from Latin.

OriginFrench Justine ← Latin Iūstīna →
Less commonScrabble 14
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Latin.

    "What are you going to call your noisy daughter?" he asked as the door closed and they were alone. "Justine." "It's a very good name, but why did you choose it?" "I read it somewhere, and I liked it."

    1977, Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds, Gramercy Books, published 1998, →ISBN, page 377
    1 more example

    O you who have wept tears upon hearing of Virtue's miseries; you who have been moved to sympathy for the woe-ridden Justine; the while forgiving the perhaps too heavy brushstrokes we have found ourselves compelled to employ, may you at least extract from this story the same moral which determined Madame de Lorsange!

    1953 Austryn Wainhouse, Justine, or Good Conduct Well Chastised, Grove Press 1990, page 743 ( translation of 1788 Marquis de Sade, Justine )
  2. A male given name from French and Latin, of chiefly Philippine usage, variant of Justin.

Origin

  1. LatinIūstīna
  2. FrenchJustine
  3. EnglishJustine

From French Justine, from Latin Iūstīna, name of early saints, feminine of Iūstīnus, derivative of Iūstus, from iūstus (“just”). The feminine equivalent of Justin.

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Translations

Catalan Justina
  • Justinafemale given name
Chinese Mandarin 賈絲廷 /贾丝廷
  • 賈絲廷 /贾丝廷 (Jiǎsītíng)female given name
Czech Justýna
  • Justýnafemale given name
Finnish Justiina
  • Justiinafemale given name
French Justine
  • Justinefemale given name
Greek Ιουστίνη
  • Ιουστίνη (Ioustíni)female given name
Italian Giustina
  • Giustinafemale given name
Latvian Justīne
  • Justīnefemale given name
Polish Justyna
  • Justynafemale given name
Portuguese Justina
  • Justinafemale given name
Russian Юсти́на, Жюсти́н
  • Юсти́на (Justína)female given name
  • Жюсти́н (Žustín)female given name
  • Джасти́н (Džastín)female given name
Spanish Justina
  • Justinafemale given name
Swedish Justina
  • Justinafemale given name
Ukrainian Юсти́на
  • Юсти́на (Justýna)female given name
Cite this entry
APA

Justine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Justine

MLA

“Justine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Justine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Justine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Justine.

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