Jestina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- jes-TEE-nuh
- Origin
- Latin
Jestina is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “just, fair”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jestina mean?
Latin: variant of Justina, a feminine form of Justin
“just, fair”
A variant of Justina, a feminine form of Justin, from the Latin word for just.
Is Jestina a girl's or a boy's name?
Jestina is a girls' name.
How popular is Jestina in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1984, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the girls named Jestina in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jestina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
Names like Jestina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amanda, Julia, Paulina, Miranda, Emily, Jessica, Serena, Johanna, Samantha, Clarissa, Natasha, Tiana
Names related to Jestina
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jestina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jestina, updated 20 October 2026.