Justin
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Latin, popular in the English-speaking world since the 1970s. Name of early saints, Latin Iūstīnus, from Iūstus + -īnus, from iūstus (“just”).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Justin (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Justin has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2011. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 13 |
| 2005 | 14 |
| 2006 | 9 |
| 2007 | 15 |
| 2008 | 14 |
| 2009 | 15 |
| 2010 | 20 |
| 2011 | 21 |
| 2012 | 18 |
| 2013 | 12 |
| 2014 | 17 |
| 2015 | 10 |
| 2016 | 10 |
| 2017 | 12 |
| 2018 | 9 |
| 2019 | 13 |
| 2020 | 9 |
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 11 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 73 |
| 2000 | 81 |
| 2001 | 92 |
| 2002 | 103 |
| 2003 | 118 |
| 2004 | 137 |
| 2005 | 156 |
| 2006 | 164 |
| 2007 | 191 |
| 2008 | 217 |
| 2009 | 239 |
| 2010 | 270 |
| 2011 | 306 |
| 2012 | 327 |
| 2013 | 343 |
| 2014 | 368 |
| 2015 | 379 |
| 2016 | 399 |
| 2017 | 436 |
| 2018 | 463 |
| 2019 | 470 |
| 2020 | 485 |
Justin in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Justin.Hi! My name is Justin.
- Har du träffat Justin? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Justin? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Justin i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Justin this afternoon.
- Justins mamma är lärare.Justin's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Justins mamma is Justin's mum.
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How do you pronounce Justin in Swedish?
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What does the name Justin mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Latin, popular in the English-speaking world since the 1970s. Name of early saints, Latin Iūstīnus, from Iūstus + -īnus, from iūstus (“just”).
How popular is Justin in Sweden?
11 babies were named Justin in 2022. In 2020, 485 people in Sweden had Justin as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2011 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.