Names that Mean Injustice (16 Ideas for Boys and Girls)
Let’s travel around the world to unearth names that mean injustice. We will find a goddess of injustice, as well as names related to oppression, wrongdoing, and corruption.
Girl Names That Mean Injustice
Adikia
A beautiful woman is punishing an ugly one, choking her with one hand and with the other striking her with a staff. It is Justice (Dike) who thus treats Injustice (Adikia).
–Pausinias
In Greek mythology, Adikia or Adicia was the goddess of injustice and wrongdoing.
Nyx, goddess of night, or Eris, goddess of strife, may have been her mother.
Arenavachi
In Persian mythology, Arenavachi (also spelled Arnavaz, among other forms), is a king’s daughter. Her name means she who denounces injustice.
Caenis
The Latin name Caenis comes from the Greek name Kainis.
According to Greek myth, Caenis was a woman assaulted by the sea god Poseidon. He promised her that he would grant her a single wish. She wished to become a man named Caeneus so she would not have to suffer the injustices that women often face.
Isfet
In ancient Egypt, the term Isfet or Asfet meant injustice, chaos, violence, or to do evil.
In the philosophy of the time, the king fought against the concept of isfet by bringing peace, harmony, and order, or Ma’at (pronounced mah-aht).
Either spelling would make an intriguing name meaning injustice.
Maizah
Maizah is a female Indonesian name that means to distinguish between right and wrong.
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Boy Names that Mean Injustice
Amos
Let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!
–The Book of Amos 5:24
Amos is a minor prophet in the Old Testament who speaks out against greed, corruption, and injustice.
Mecimir
The male name Mecimir comes from Poland and may mean to torture, to torment, to oppress, to burden.
Rishathan
Rishathan is an ancient Hebrew word meaning twice-evil, used as an insulting epithet for an otherwise unnamed, unjust ruler of Mesopotamia in the Bible.
Tribulation
This unique Puritanical name means a cause of great trouble or suffering. Do you feel Tribulation embodies injustice? Or is this too far of a stretch?
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Voltaire
Voltaire was a French philosopher and writer whose works often attacked injustice and intolerance.
Zelim
The male name Zelim may come from the Arabic word meaning to wrong, to oppress.
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Words Related to Injustice
These words related to injustice may inspire more name ideas
- Injustice
- Unjust
- Unfair
- Unfairness
- Inequity
- Inequality
- Dirty
- Foul
- Wrong
- Wrong-doing
- Corrupt
- Corruption
- Oppress
- Oppression
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Wrap up- Names Meaning Injustice
While the list of names that mean injustice is short, we hope you’ve enjoyed our journey around the world and through the ages to learn about them all!
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