Justina
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Justine.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Justina (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Justina has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2008. 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 | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | 8 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 126 |
| 2000 | 125 |
| 2001 | 132 |
| 2002 | 131 |
| 2003 | 131 |
| 2004 | 132 |
| 2005 | 127 |
| 2006 | 124 |
| 2007 | 131 |
| 2008 | 144 |
| 2009 | 149 |
| 2010 | 154 |
| 2011 | 161 |
| 2012 | 162 |
| 2013 | 168 |
| 2014 | 181 |
| 2015 | 185 |
| 2016 | 189 |
| 2017 | 198 |
| 2018 | 208 |
| 2019 | 212 |
| 2020 | 213 |
Justina in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Justina.Hi! My name is Justina.
- Justina bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Justina lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Justina har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Justina has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Justinas mamma är lärare.Justina's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Justinas mamma is Justina's mum.
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Questions about Justina
How do you pronounce Justina in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Justina from a native speaker's recording. J is said like the English y.
What does the name Justina mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Justine.
How popular is Justina in Sweden?
2 babies were named Justina in 2022. In 2020, 213 people in Sweden had Justina as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2008 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.