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What does Junior mean?
Junior 
▼ as a boys' name is pronounced JOON-yer. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Junior is "the younger one". Occasionally used as a given name, though more usually the abbreviation Jr is used with a full name when it is identical to a father's or grandfather's name.
Variations
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Junior Tobin (J.T.), ..
How popular is Junior?
Junior is a very prominent first name for males (#532 out of 1220, Top 44%) and also a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#13931 out of 150436, Top 9%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Junior reached its peak rank of #134 in the U.S. during the years 1920-1929, and is currently at #794. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
The only other popular varying form of Junior (#794 A YEAR AGO) is Jr. These forms of Junior were popular in the 1920s (USAGE OF 0.12%) and are now much less conventional (USAGE 0.02%, ▼86.8%), with the form Junior becoming less stylish.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Abnor, Andor, Connor, Conor▲, Jabir, Jair, Janko, Jano, Janos, Janson, Javier, Jeno, Jenson, Jino, Jonson, Juanito, Judson, Juli, Julian▲, Julien▲, Julio, Julius▼, June, Juneau, Junio, Juniper, Junius▼, Junot, Jupiter, Juri, Jurian, Jurik, Justo, Konnor▲, Konor, Landor, Menor, Mentor, Minor▼, Munir, Mynor, Prior, Sandor, Senior, Sior, Tudor, Winsor and Wynfor. These names tend to be less commonly used than Junior.
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