Meaning and Origin of: Justice

Justice is of Old French origin meaning "Justice."

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Latin : Form of Justus

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old French : Justice

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : nickname for a fair-minded man, from Middle English, Old French justice ‘justice’, ‘equity’, Latin iustitia, a derivative of iustus (see Just). It may also have been an occupational name for a judge, since this metonymic use of the word is attested from as early as the 12th century.

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