Junior (name)
family name
Junior is a given name, nickname, and surname often used by people who are the second in their family with the same name (for more information, see generational titles). It may refer to:
People with the given name
Júnior (Filipino singer) (1943–2014), Filipino singer
Junior Aliberti (born 1984), Uruguayan footballer
Junior Bent (born 1970), English former footballer
Junior Bergen (born 2002), American football player
Junior Castillo (born 1986), Dominican boxer
Júnior César (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Júnior Díaz (born 1983), Costa Rican footballer
Junior D. Edwards (1926–1951), United States Army soldier during the Korean War, recipient of the Medal of Honor
Junior Eldstål (born 1991), Malaysian-Swedish footballer
Junior Etou (born 1994), Congolese basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Júnior Felício Marques (born 1987), Brazilian footballer
Junior Félix (born 1967), Dominican baseball player
Junior Fernandes (born 1988), Chilean footballer
Junior Flemmings (born 1996), Jamaican footballer
Junior Giscombe (born 1957), UK-born R&B singer
Júnior Izaguirre (born 1979), Honduran footballer
Junior Jones (born 1970), American former professional boxer
Junior Kabananga (born 1989), Congolese footballer
Junior Lake (born 1990), Dominican baseball player
Junior Lewis (born 1973), English former footballer
Júnior Lopes (born 1973), Brazilian football manager
Junior Marvin (born 1949), Jamaican-born guitarist and singer
Junior Mendes (born 1976), English-born Montserratian footballer
Junior Moors (born 1986), New Zealand rugby league player
Júnior Morales (born 1978), Honduran footballer
Junior Morias (born 1995), Jamaican footballer
Junior Murray (born 1968), West Indian cricketer
Junior Murvin (c. 1946–2013), Jamaican reggae musician
Junior Nuñez (born 1989), Peruvian footballer
Junior Obagbemiro (born 1985), Nigerian footballer
Junior Paulo (born 1983), New Zealand rugby league player
Junior Paulo (born 1993), New Zealand-born Australian Rugby League player
Junior Pelesasa (born 1980), Australian rugby union footballer
Junior Poluleuligaga (born 1981), Samoan rugby player
Junior Roqica (born 1991), Australian rugby league player
Junior Ross (born 1986), Peruvian footballer
Junior Sánchez (born 1989), Venezuelan weightlifter
Junior Sandoval (born 1990), Honduran footballer
Junior dos Santos (born 1984), Brazilian mixed martial artist, former UFC heavyweight champion
Junior Sa'u (born 1987), New Zealand rugby league footballer
Junior Sifa (born 1983), American international rugby union player
Junior Simpson, British stand-up comedian
Junior Sornoza (born 1994), Ecuadorian footballer
Junior Spivey (born 1975), American baseball player
Junior Stanislas (born 1989), English footballer
Junior Strous (born 1986), Dutch racing driver
Junior Tafuna (born 2001), American football player
Júnior Urso (born 1989), Brazilian footballer
Junior Viza (born 1985), Peruvian footballer
Junior Walker (1931–1995), American musician
Junior Witter (born 1974), English boxer
People with the nickname
Júnior (footballer, born 1973) (Jenílson Ângelo de Souza), Brazilian footballer
Júnior Baiano (Raimundo Ferreira Ramos Jr., born 1970), Brazilian footballer
Junior Bridgeman (Ulysses Lee Bridgeman, 1953–2025), American basketball player and businessman
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (born 1974), American race car driver
Jim Gilliam (1928–1978), American Major League Baseball and Negro league player and coach
Junior Giscombe (born 1957), British singer-songwriter
Ken Griffey Jr.
The public source identifies “Junior (name)” as family name. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Junior, name and family.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Junior (name)”, the useful work is to connect “family name” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 2, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q28439717. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1943, 2014, 1984 and 1970.
The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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