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Junior comes from the Latin for "younger." It may refer to:

• Junior (suffix) (usual "Jr"), the suffix given to a child with the exact same name as a parent (typically a son and father)
• US standard clothing size, where Junior is a women's clothing size
• Atlético Junior, a football (soccer) team from Barranquilla, Colombia
• Junior (chess), a world-champion chess program
• Junior ice hockey, ice hockey league for players under 21
• Scottish Junior Football Association, lower division football in Scotland (not age restricted)
• Junior tennis, tennis for players under 18
• Junior high school, a school between elementary school and high school, often called middle school or intermediate school
• Junior school, school for children about 6 to 11 in Australia, Ireland, and the UK
• High school junior, a student in eleventh grade
• Junior (university), the third year of a four year higher education program

In fiction:

• Junior (film), a 1994 comedy film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
• Junior (2005 film), a 2005 French animated film.
• Jr. (Xenosaga), a character in the Xenosaga game series.
• In Fraggle Rock, the name of the Gorgs' son
• A character on Reno 911!, Travis Junior, portrayed by Robert Ben Garant
• The name of the child character in the movie Problem Child

Among specific people, as a given name or nickname:

• Dale Earnhardt, Jr., an American NASCAR driver.
• Ken Griffey, Jr., a baseball player nicknamed Junior.
• Junior Giscombe, an 80's British R&B singer/songwriter known as Junior.
• Junior Reid, a Jamaican reggae singer.

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.

In Music:

• Junior (band), a pop punk band from Texas

• Senior

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