Junior
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Junior comes from the Latin for "younger." It may refer to:
- The suffix (name) given to a child with the exact same name as a parent (typically a son and father). They are sometimes also called II, especially if there is a third or fourth with the same name.
- A student in the third year at a four or more year program, such as a school or college.
- A women's clothing size in the US standard clothing size.
- Atlético Junior, a football (soccer) team from Barranquilla, Colombia.
- Junior (chess), a world-champion chess program.
In fiction:
- Junior (film), a 1994 comedy film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- Junior (animation), a 2005 French animated film.
- Jr. (Xenosaga), a character in the Xenosaga game series.
Among specific people, as a given name or nickname:
- Ken Griffey, Jr., a baseball player nicknamed Junior.
- Junior Giscombe, an 80's British R&B singer/songwriter known as Junior.
Among specific people, as a surname:
- Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior, a Brazilian football (soccer) player.
- Jenílson Ângelo de Souza Júnior, a Brazilian football (soccer) player who played with Brazil in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
- José Luiz Guimarães Sanabio Júnior a Brazilian football (soccer) player playing in Malmö FF.
- Júnior Baiano (Raimundo Ferreira Ramos Júnior), a Brazilian football (soccer) player. The Demonym Baiano indicates his birth in the Bahia state.
- Roque Júnior, a Brazilian football (soccer) player who played in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.