Junior

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Juan in AR Argentina, ES Spain, MX Mexico and 6 more, John in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 5 more, Jan in PL Poland, CZ Czechia, DK Denmark and 1 more and Sebastian in DE Germany, EC Ecuador.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Junior is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name539K records spelled Junior30 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, United States

  Also written Júnior, Jünïör, Juñior, J'Unior, Jünïor

• French given name60K records spelled Junior7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Côte d’Ivoire, Congo - Kinshasa, United States

  Also written Júnior, Jùnior, Jünior, Junïor, Jüñïör

• a separate given name29K records spelled Junior4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, India, United Kingdom

  Also written Júnior, Juníor, Jùnior

• Indonesian given name9.8K records spelled Junior4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Peru

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Júnior, Junior'

• Finnish given name8.3K records spelled Junior13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Peru, Hungary

  Languages: Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian

  Also written Júnior, Jüňíór, Juníőr, Jůnior, Jünïor

• Danish given name4.9K records spelled Junior9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Denmark, Norway, Peru

  Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

  Also written Júnior, Júníór, Jüňïőř

84 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Junior is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In some cases this may be a translation of for example German Jung(er).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Dutch, junior (younger or lower-ranked person, for example in job titles)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Indonesian, junior (having a subordinate role, job, or situation)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Polish, junior (youngest member of the family by age)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 136 years between 1882–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Júnior Díazb. 1983CRCosta Rican footballer
• Fetty Wapb. 1991USnot in their usual nameAmerican rapper and singer (born 1991)
• Bouna Sarrb. 1992FRnot in their usual nameSenegalese footballer (born 1992)
• Mario Leminab. 1993GAnot in their usual nameGabonese-French association football player
• Kingsley Comanb. 1996FRnot in their usual nameFrench footballer (born 1996)
• Junior Firpob. 1996DODominican Republic association football player (born 1996)
• Renato Sanchesb. 1997PTnot in their usual namePortuguese association football player
• Éric Junior Dina Ebimbeb. 2000FRCameroonian association football player (born 2000)
• Elliot Andersonb. 2002GBnot in their usual nameEnglish footballer (born 2002)
• Anthony Elangab. 2002SEnot in their usual nameSwedish association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 827 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Junior?

We estimate roughly 11 million people bear Junior (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Junior have the most bearers?

Junior is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled juan.

How common is Junior compared with other names?

In Argentina, Junior is the 2nd most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Junior a male or female name?

Junior is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Junior mean?

Recorded meaning: from a personal name, from Latin junior, comparative of juvenis ‘young’.