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My name is Justine and I hated it when I was younger. its hard to find cute personalized pencils and toothbrushes and key chains that say Justine. But it is nice having a unique name. I am called Justin alot because my middly name is Ryan, but it is nice to be one of a kind in my school.

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I love my name. I've always been the only Justine in school. Like someone else mentioned though, having a name with the spelling so close to "Justin" it often gets mispronounced. I've gotten used to it by now, especially since my middle name is Jordan, not Marie! You can tell from my full name, my parents really wanted a boy!

I love having the name Justine, because it's unique. At the same time, I can't stand people misreading or mispronouncing my name as Justin. Especially when my middle name (Marie) is written next to it. It should be obvious that it's not a guys name! At my high school graduation, I was called Justin Marie. Not cool.

- My name is Meghan, but I picked my daughter's middle name to be Justine. Her first name is Emica, which is so bizarre - I can't find it anywhere except in the 'Rugrats' cartoon - so I had to balance it out with a more down-to-earth middle name. Other reasons why I picked it: Her father's name is Justin, it is an allusion to a saint name (I'm Catholic), and my mother got my first name from the book 'The Thornbirds'; the main character, Meghann, names her first-born daughter 'Justine'. It's kind of poetic, in a way!

- My name is Justine and you know what? I love my name. When I was younger, I hated my name. I always thought it sounded too much like Justin and always being miscalled that, really made me mad. As I grew older, I began to like my name more. I realized that Justine and Justin were not the same name. I grew to love my name. It sounds very sophisticated and is very unique. In my whole life, I have only met one other Justine.

- There are two or three little Justines (one is spelled Justyne) in my young cousins' Catholic school. It does seem like a very 'Catholic' name to me. I've liked the name since I was a little girl and thought Justine Bateman was the coolest. I'd probably use it as a middle name. Justina is also nice.

Nicknames for Justine: | Edit

Tina, Juss, Tine, Just, Teenie

Meanings and history of the name Justine: | Edit

I always think of the 18th C. French book Justine -- which caused quite a stir in its time, or the Roman Emperor Justinian when I hear this name

Famous real-life people named Justine: | Edit

Justine Bateman, actress

Justine in song, story & screen: | Edit

Justine, 1957 novel by Laurence Durrell
Justine, infamous 18-century book by the Marquis de Sade
Linda Ronstadt song "Justine"
The Archies song "Justine"
the character Justine in the 1977 novel/1983 tv mini-series, The Thorn Birds