Given name & surname
Justo
“one who is just and upright”
Justo is a variant of Justin. One Latin interpretation is “one who is just and upright.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Justo is a variant of Justin. One Latin interpretation is “one who is just and upright.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Justo is a variant 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 1890. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Justo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,737
- 1,737 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,286 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +11%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,286 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 10.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 31 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,277 as a first name in 2020; 1,829 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.
Justo’s family of names
Justo has a related form in Justin. In Portuguese usage, Justo has a conventional equivalent in the English form Justus. In Spanish usage, Justo has a conventional equivalent in the French form Juste.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Justo 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.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Justo
- Justo VillarParaguayan footballerborn 1977
- Justo José de UrquizaArgentine politician and military (1801–1870)
- Justo TakayamaJapanese catholic daimyo, martyr and blessed1552–1615
- Pope Justus of AlexandriaPatriarch of Alexandria from 118 to 129100–129
- Justo Gallego MartínezSpanish church builder (1925–2021)
- Justo TejadaSpanish footballer (1933-2021)
- Justo Rufino BarriosGuatemalan President (1835-1885)
- Justo FiguerolaPresident of Peru (1771-1854)
- Justo RuizAndorran/Spanish football player/managerborn 1969
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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