Justus
Justus is a male first name and surname.
Origin and meaning
The name comes from the Latin of iustus and means "the righteous". In connection with humanism , when names were often Latinized, it was especially widespread in the early modern period.
variants
The feminine form of the name is Justine . The short form Just can be found primarily as a surname.
name day
The name day is given in the Catholic calendar of saints as October 18 and November 10.
Name bearer
First name
- Justus (Beauvais) (277–287), Catholic martyr
- Justus of Alexandria († around 129), Bishop of Alexandria
- Justus of Canterbury († 627), Archbishop
- Justus of Madrid (295–305), Christian martyr, see Justus and Pastor
- Justus of Tiberias (1st century), Roman historian
- Justus of Trieste († around 303), holy martyr and patron saint of Trieste
- Justus of Lyon , Bishop of Lyon in the late 4th century, saint
- Joseph Barsabbas , called "Justus" ("the righteous"), early Christian, who is mentioned in the New Testament
- Justus Dahinden (1925–2020), Swiss architect
- Justus von Dohnányi (* 1960), German actor and director
- Justus Falckner (1672–1723), German-American pastor
- Justus Flohr (1855–1933), German engineer
- Justus Frantz (* 1944), German pianist and conductor
- Justus ǁGaroëb (* 1942), Namibian politician (UDF)
- Justus von Gruner (1777–1820), royal Prussian Privy Councilor, statesman and author
- Justus Henry Christian Helmuth (1745–1825), German-American theologian
- Justus Jonas the Elder (1493–1555), German lawyer, humanist, theologian and reformer
- Justus Jonas the Younger (1525–1567), German theologian and politician
- Justus Krümpelmann (1935–2018), German legal scholar
- Justus von Liebig (1803–1873), German chemist
- Justus Lipsius (1547–1606), Dutch legal philosopher and philologist
- Justus Möser (1720–1794), German lawyer, statesman, writer and historian
- Justus Pfaue (1942–2014), German writer and screenwriter
- Justus Siebein (1750–1812), Bavarian general of the Napoleonic era
- Justus Sieber (1628–1695), German Protestant theologian, philologist, psalm poet and author of sacred poetry and prose
- Justus of Tiberias (1st century AD), ancient Jewish historian.
family name
- Johannes Justus (* 1957), German clergyman and acting President of the Bund Freikirchlicher Pfingstgemeinden (BFP)
- Julian Justus (* 1988), German marksman
- Klaus-Peter Justus (* 1951), German athlete
- Steffen Justus (* 1982), German triathlete
Ruler's name
Roman name
- Gaius Curtius Iustus , Roman consul 150
- Lucius Fabius Iustus , suffect consul 102
- Publius Claudius Iustus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Tiberius Claudius Iustus , Roman officer (imperial era)
Fictional characters
- Dr. Johann Bökh , called “Justus” (“the just”), tutor in the children's novel The Flying Classroom by Erich Kästner
- Justus Jupiter Jonas , main character in the youth book series Die Drei ???
- Justus (Rapper) ( Double J ; * 1977), German rapper
Heavenly bodies
- (2799) Justus , asteroid named after Justus Cramer
See also
Web links
Wiktionary: Justus - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://namesstage.katholisch.de/ Namenstage.php?name= Justus | Catholic calendar of saints online. Last access: January 25, 2020