Given name

Iustinianus

“just, right, lawful”

Iustinianus is a masculine given name from Proto-Italic (ultimately Proto-Indo-European), meaning “just, right, lawful.” It is used in Latin.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Iustinianus means “just, right, lawful.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Iustinianus comes from Proto-Italic, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Proto-Italic *jowestos (“just, right, lawful”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- (“upright; justice, law”), built from Latin Iūstīnus + -iānus.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Iustinianus’s family of names

In Latin usage, Iustinianus has a later derivative in ⲓⲟⲩⲥⲧⲓⲛⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ. In Latin usage, Iustinianus has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Justynian. In Latin usage, Iustinianus has a related form in Jūstīniānus.

Walk Iustinianus’s family in the name graph

IustinianusJūstīniānusJustinianIustinianJustynianⲓⲟⲩⲥⲧⲓⲛⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥGiustiniano

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Iustinianus has relatives in 3 languages.

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 5

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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