Given name & surname
Ju
“Carpenter's-Square Prefecture”
Ju is a surname from Chinese. It is used in English and Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ju goes back to Chinese 矩州, meaning “Carpenter's-Square Prefecture.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Ju is a diminutive of Juliana. In Portuguese usage, Ju is a diminutive of JUSSARA.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ju through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 36
- 12 boys · 24 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 7 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 7 in 2000. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,660 as a first name in 2020; 2,849 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ju’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Ju is a diminutive of Juliana. In Portuguese usage, Ju is a diminutive of JUSSARA. In Portuguese usage, Ju is a diminutive of JUREMA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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People named Ju
- Gyeongjong of Goryeothe 5th king of Goryeo (955–981, r. 975–981)
- Huang JuChinese politician (1938–2007)
- Chen ChuTaiwanese politicianborn 1950
- Li Jutable tennis playerborn 1976
- Kim Ju-sikNorth Korean pair skaterborn 1992
- Liu JuChinese prince127 BC–90 BC
- Xue JuFounding emperor of the state of Qin from 617 to 618550–618
- Kim Joo-jinSouth Korean judokaborn 1986
- Yoon JooSouth Korean actressborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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