Giusti (surname)
Giusti is an Italian surname.
Variations
Iustis in Latin- Zufto/Zusto in Venetian
- Giusto/Giusti in Italiande' Giusti / de Giusti / De Giusti -- The "de" particle is used as the nobiliary particle. Note the writing at the bottom of Giovanni Battista Giusti's coat of arms found in the Palazzo della Caravan on the image in the side. In the partial writing of the name, it is written as "... Baptista De Iustis De Colle...".
- Giusti del GiardinoGiusti or Juste in FrenchJusto in Spanish
Origin
Source:- Originally came from Colle di Valle d'Elsa.
- Migrated to Florence where, in addition to citizenship, they were entrusted with distinguished charges and functions.
- Around this time, there is also a migration to Padua.
- In 1141 they then moved to Venice and were integrated into the Venetian nobility as a patrician family.
- They played a part in the election of Orio Mastropiero.
- However, the family was excluded at the closing of the Maggior Consiglio.
- Around 1311, Gumberto or Gomberto de Giusti migrates to Verona at the time of Cangrande I della Scala.
- Lelio Giusti becomes the Podestà of Florence and Ambassador to the Doge Pasquale Malipiero.
- Lorenzo Giusti reinstated their nobility, when they were excluded from the Maggior Consiglio, after the war in Genoa.
- In 1502 the Venetian Republic, under Leonardo Loredan, grants them Dukedoms.
- They receive the title of Counts of the land and castle of Gazzo.
- In 1600 the title was confirmed by Emperor Rodolfo II.
- In 1611 they were elected Roman citizens in the order of patricians and Senators.
- In 1615 Giacomo Giusti was one of the four captains of the Venetian militia enlisted by the Republic on occasion of disturbances in Italy.
- In 1620 they obtained the confirmation of the ancient nobility with the title of Counts of Gazzo and Venetian patricians.
Geographical distribution
Broken down by Giusti and de Giusti.Giusti
As of 2014, 61.8% of all known bearers of the surname Giusti were residents of Italy, 13.8% of Brazil, 7.6% of the United States, 6.9% of Argentina and 4.4% of France.In Italy, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average in the following regions:
- 1. Tuscany
- 2. Emilia-Romagna
- 3. Abruzzo
- 4. Marche
- 5. Lazio
de Giusti
As of 2014, 71.3% of all known bearers of the surname de Giusti were residents of Italy, 16.5% of Argentina, 3.7% of Brazil, 2.5% of France, 2.0% of Venezuela, 1.9% of Australia, 1.1% of Canada, and 0.3% of United States.In Italy, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average in the following regions:
Palaces
- Palace of Miana Colette Giusti in Venice
- Palace of Giusti in Verona
- Villa Giusti del Giardino in Padua
People
;14th century- Gomberto or Gumberto de Giusti
- Dondedeo de' Giusti, Italian consular of Caffa for the Republic of Genoa
- Lelio Giusti, Podestà of Florence
- Agostino Giusti, Italian diplomat in the service of the Medici and the Republic of Venice
- Antonio Giusti, Italian painter
- Giacomo Giusti, one of four captains of the Venetian militia enlisted by the Republic on occasions of disturbances in Italy
- Giovanni Battista Giusti, Italian scientific-instrument maker
- Alvise Giusti, Italian lawyer, poet, and opera librettist
- Girolamo Giusti, Italian opera librettist
- Luigi (Alvise) Giusti, Italian lawyer, poet, and librettist, nephew of Girolamo Giusti
- His Excellency, the Baron de Giusti, an Italian Baron in Genoa who corresponds with Napoleon
- Giuseppe Giusti, Italian poet and satirist
- Antonino Russo Giusti, Italian dramatist
- Guglielmo Giusti, Sammarinese former sports shooter
- Renato Giusti, Italian racing cyclist
- Dave Giusti, American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Enrico Giusti, Italian mathematician and historian
- Paolo Giusti, French actor
- Roberto Giusti, Venezuelan journalist
- Ricardo Giusti, former Argentine footballer
- Kathy Giusti, American health care entrepreneur, president of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
- Timothy D. DeGiusti, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
- Walter De Giusti, Argentine spree killer
- Stéphane Giusti, French director and actress
- María Elena Giusti, Venezuelan synchronized swimmer
- Max Giusti, Italian comedian, cabaret artist, impersonator, television presenter, radio personality, actor, voice actor and playwright
- Bernard De Giusti, French former rugby union player
- Jenilca Giusti, Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and actress commonly known as Jenilca
- Maximiliano Giusti, Argentine football player
- Carlos Eduardo Bendini Giusti, Brazilian professional football defender
- Alessandro Giusti, French racing driver
- Karin Giusti, Italian sculptor and installation artist
- Silvia Giusti, former Argentine Senator for Chubut Province
Companies
- Miari & Giusti is an Italian automobile brand, founded in Padua in 1894.
- is an Italian company in San Vendemiano that sells prosecco and coffee.