Names starting with J
1,245 Names found
From the name of a type of palm tree (species Euterpe edulis), derived from Tupi îuçara meaning "thorny, stinging".
Lithuanian form of Justus.
From an occupational surname meaning "judge, officer of justice" in Old French. It can also be given as a direct reference to the English word justice...
From the Latin name Iustinus, a derivative of Justus. Several early saints bore this name, including Justin Martyr, a 2nd-century Christian...
From Latin Iustina, the feminine form of Iustinus (see Justin). Several early saints and martyrs bore this name.
Lithuanian form of Justin.
French form of Iustina (see Justina). This is the name of the heroine in the Marquis de Sade's novel Justine (1791).
From the Latin name Iustinianus, derived from Iustinus (see Justin). This was the name of a 6th-century Byzantine emperor who sought to restore the...
Spanish and Portuguese form of Iustinus (see Justin).
Latin name meaning "just". At least eight saints have borne this name.
Diminutive of Justin or Justine.
Bosnian and Indonesian form of Yusuf.
Estonian and Latvian form of Jutta. A character with this name appears in the Estonian legend Lake Endla and Juta (1852) by Friedrich Robert...
Probably a medieval Low German form of Judith. It could also derive from an Old German name such as Judda.
Of unknown meaning. Juturna was the Roman goddess of fountains and springs. According to Virgil, she was the sister of Turnus.
From the Roman cognomen Iuvenalis, meaning "youthful" in Latin. Juvenal was a 1st-century Roman satirist.
Means "youth" in Latin. Juventas was the Roman goddess of youth, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Hebe.
Spanish form of Juventinus.
Roman cognomen derived from iuventas meaning "youth". A 4th-century saint bore this name; he was martyred alongside his companion Maximinus.
From Sino-Korean 周 (ju) meaning "circumference" combined with 元 (won) meaning "first, origin" or 媛 (won) meaning "beautiful woman". Other hanja...
Derived from Sanskrit ज्योतिस् (jyotis) meaning "light". This is a transcription of both the feminine form ज्योती and the masculine form ज्योति.
Derived from Sanskrit ज्योत्स्ना (jyotsnā) meaning "moonlight".