Justis Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Search old registers for Justis and you will soon meet Justice too. At root, the name means “Judge”.

Heraldry and the Justis name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Justice surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Spelling and variants

Before spelling was fixed, Justice was also written Justis. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Related forms: Justiss.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Justis with 1,301 bearers, at rank 20,421. It sits among the 25,000 most common last names in the country. Get the complete Justis report, with a museum-style coat of arms.