"Variant of Junior"
The name Jr is commonly a male name from the "English" origin.
Jr is the conventional English abbreviation of Junior, written after a boy's full name when he is named for his father, as in John Smith Jr. Junior derives from Latin iunior, meaning younger. The form works as a suffix attached to a name rather than as an independent given name.
Junior means "Young".
The pronunciation of Jr is JUN-yer.
