Given name
Iestyn
“one who is just and upright”
Iestyn is a form of Justin. One Latin interpretation is “one who is just and upright.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Iestyn is a form of Justin. One Latin interpretation is “one who is just and upright.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Iestyn is a form of Justin. An origin associated with Justin is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2010. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Iestyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Iestyn’s family of names
Iestyn shares a linguistic root with Justin. Iestyn is a form of Justin.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Iestyn
- Iestyn ap Gwrgantlast independent ruler of Glamorgan1045–1093
- Iestyn HarrisEnglish rugby league footballer and coach, and rugby union footballerborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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