Given name
Jestina
“one who is just and upright”
Jestina is a feminine form of Justin. One Latin interpretation is “one who is just and upright.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Welsh use, Jestina carries the interpretation “one who is just and upright.” Jestina is a feminine form of Justin. One Latin interpretation is “one who is just and upright.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Welsh.
How it developed
Jestina is used as a feminine counterpart of Justin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jestina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 361
- 0 boys · 361 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 16 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 girls is 8 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 576 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jestina’s family of names
Jestina is a feminine form of Justin. Jestina has a related form in Jestine. Jestina has a related form in Jessteena.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Jestinevariant
- Jesstinavariant
- Jessteenevariant
- Jesteenevariant
- Jessteenavariant
- Jesteenavariant
- Jesstynevariant
- Jestynevariant
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Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jestina
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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