Julia

Julia

Gender | Female |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Latin |
Meaning | "of the gens Julia, a descendant of Julus" |
Other names | |
Related names | Julio, Julius, Julian, Julie, Julien, Iulia, Yulia, Juliana, Julianna, Jill, Jillian, Juliet, Juliette, Giuliana |
Julia is usually a feminine given name. It has three syllables. It is a Latinate feminine form of the name Julio and Julius. Julius was a Roman family, derived from a founder Julus, the son of Aeneas and Creusa in Roman mythology, although the name's etymology may possibly derive from Greek ἴουλος (ioulos) "downy-[haired, bearded]" or alternatively from the name of the Roman god Jupiter.
Like its male counterpart, Julian, the given name Julia had been in use throughout Late Antiquity (e.g. Julia of Corsica) but became rare during the Middle Ages, and was revived only with the Italian Renaissance. It became common in the English-speaking world only in the 18th century. Today, it is frequently used throughout the world. It was the 10th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007 and the 88th most popular name for females in the 1990 census there. It has been among the top 150 names given to girls in the United States for the past 100 years. It was the 89th most popular name for girls born in England and Wales in 2007; the 94th most popular name for girls born in Scotland in 2007; the 13th most popular name for girls born in Spain in 2006; the fifth most popular name for girls born in Sweden in 2007; the 94th most popular name for girls born in Belgium in 2006; the 53rd most popular name for girls born in Norway in 2007; the 70th most popular name for girls born in Hungary in 2005; the 19th most popular name for girls born in British Columbia, Canada in 2006; the 9th most popular name for girls born in Germany in 2005; the 2nd most popular name for girls born in Poland in 2013[1] and the most popular name in Austria.[2][3]
Gender | Female |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Latin |
Meaning | "of the gens Julia, a descendant of Julus" |
Other names | |
Related names | Julio, Julius, Julian, Julie, Julien, Iulia, Yulia, Juliana, Julianna, Jill, Jillian, Juliet, Juliette, Giuliana |
People
Ancient world
Julia (women of the Julii Caesares): Julia (wife of Sulla) (c. 129 BC–c. 104 BC), first wife of Sulla Julia (wife of Marius) (c. 130 BC–69 BC) Julia (mother of Mark Antony) (104 BC–after 39 BC) Julia Major (sister of Caesar) (before 101 BC–?) Julia Minor (sister of Caesar) (101 BC–51 BC), maternal grandmother of Emperor Augustus Julia (daughter of Caesar) (c. 76 BC–54 BC) Livia Drusilla (58 BC–29 AD), also known as Julia Augusta, wife of Emperor Augustus Julia the Elder (39 BC–14 AD), daughter of Emperor Augustus Julia the Younger (19 BC–c. AD 29), daughter of Julia the Elder Julia Livia (before 14–43), granddaughter of Emperor Tiberius Julia Agrippina or Agrippina the Younger (15–59), daughter of the general Germanicus and fourth wife of Emperor Claudius Julia Drusilla (16–38), daughter of Germanicus, sister of Caligula Julia Livilla (18-late AD 41 or early AD 42), daughter of Germanicus, youngest sister of Caligula Julia Drusilla (39–41), daughter of Emperor Caligula
Berenice (daughter of Herod Agrippa) (28–after 81), Julia Berenice, princess of the Herodian Dynasty
Julia Urania (fl. 1st century), wife of Roman client king Ptolemy of Mauretania
Julia Bodina (fl. 1st century), a slave, later freedwoman, of Julia Urania of Mauretania
Julia Procilla, mother of Gallo-Roman general Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40–93)
Julia Iotapa (daughter of Antiochus III) (before 17–c. 52), Queen of Commagene
Julia Iotapa (daughter of Antiochus IV) (c. 45–after 96), Queen of Cetis
Julia Iotapa (Cilician princess) (c. 80–2nd century), Princess of Cilicia
Julia Mamaea (wife of Polemon II of Pontus) (fl. 1st century), second wife of Polemon II of Pontus
Julia (daughter of Tigranes VI of Armenia) (fl. 1st century-possibly 2nd century), Herodian Princess of Armenia
Julia Agricola (64–?), daughter of general Gnaeus Julius Agricola and wife to historian Tacitus
Julia Flavia (64–91), daughter of emperor Titus
Julia Balbilla (72–after 130), poet and companion of Hadrian's wife Vibia Sabina
Julia Tertulla (fl. 1st-2nd century), daughter of suffect consul Gaius Julius Cornutus Tertullus
Julia Serviana Paulina (died before 136?), niece of Emperor Hadrian
Julia Crispina, princess and granddaughter of Julia Berenice
Julia Fadilla, younger half-sister to Emperor Antoninus Pius and paternal aunt to Empress Faustina the Younger
Julia Domna (160–217), empress and wife of Emperor Septimius Severus
Julia Maesa (c. 165–c. 224), Domna's sister
Julia Soaemias (180–222), daughter to Julia Maesa and mother of emperor Elagabalus
Julia Avita Mamaea (after 180–235), Soaemias' sister and mother of emperor Alexander Severus
Julia Severa or Severina (fl. 3rd century), daughter of Emperor Philip the Arab
One of the Martyrs of Zaragoza (died c. 303)
Julia of Mérida (died 304), martyr
Julia of Corsica (died on or after 439), virgin martyr
Modern world
Julia (clairvoyant) (fl. 1689), lady's maid of Queen Christina of Sweden in Rome, alleged clairvoyant and predictor
Julia Carter Aldrich (1834-1924), American author
Julia Alexandratou (born 1985), Greek porn star, singer and model
Júlia Almeida (born 1983), Brazilian actress
Julia A. Ames (1816-1891), American journalist, editor, temperance reformer
Julia Arthur (1869–1950), Canadian-born stage and film actress
Julia Barretto (born 1997), Filipino actress
Julie Billiart (1751–1816), French Catholic saint
Julia Boutros (born 1968), Lebanese singer
Julia Budd (born 1983), Canadian martial artist
Julia de Burgos (1914–1953), Puerto Rican poet
Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney (1823-1908), American educator, poet
Julia Child (1912–2004), American gourmet cook, author, and television personality
Julia Clarete (born 1979), Filipino singer-actress
Julia Cohen (born 1989), American tennis player
Julia Colman (1828–1909), American educator, activist, editor, writer
Julia Dean (1830-1868), stage actress
Julia Dean (1878–1952), stage and film actress
Julia C. R. Dorr (1825-1913), American author
Julia Duffy (born 1951), American actress
Julia Duporty (born 1971), Cuban sprinter
Julia Fischer (born 1983), German violinist
Julia Wheelock Freeman (1833-1900), American Civil War nurse
Julia Gillard (born 1961), Australian politician, Prime Minister
Julia Glushko (born 1990), Israeli tennis player
Julia Goddard (1825-1896), British children's writer and animal welfare campaigner
Julia Gordon, Canadian mathematician
Julia Görges (born 1988), German tennis player
Julia Grant (1826–1902), wife of U.S. President Ulysses Grant
Julia Boynton Green (1861–1957), American poet
Julia Haworth (born 1979), British actress
Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910), wrote poem that became the Battle Hymn of the Republic
Julia Hütter (born 1983), German pole vaulter
Julia Irwin (born 1951), Australian politician
Julia Jones Pugliese (1909-1993), American national champion fencer and fencing coach
Julia Lathrop (1858–1932), American social reformer
Ursula Ledóchowska (1865–1939), Roman Catholic saint born Julia Ledóchowska
Julia Lennon (1914–1958), mother of John Lennon
Julia Lipnitskaya (born 1998), Russian figure skater
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born 1961), American actress, co-star of the TV series Seinfeld
Julia Mancuso (born 1984), American skier
Julia Marlowe (1865–1950), English-born American actress known for her interpretations of William Shakespeare
Julia Menéndez (born 1985), Spanish field hockey defender
Julia A. Moore (1847–1920), American poet
Julia Morgan (1872–1957), American architect
Julia Morton (1912–1996), American author and botanist
Julia Murney (born 1969), American actress and singer, best known for her role as Elphaba in Wicked
Julia Newmeyer (born 1933), actress known as Julie Newmar who played Catwoman
Julia Nyberg (1784–1854), Swedish poet
Julia Ormond (born 1965), British actress, star of the movie Legends of the Fall
Julia Orsini (born 2004), likes soccer and is an amazing person
Julia Perez (1980-2017), known as "Jupe" Indonesian actress, singer, presenter, model, and comedian
Julia Piera (born 1970), Spanish poet
Julia Phillips (1944–2002), film producer and author
Julia Roberts (born 1967), American actress
Julia Sanderson (1888–1975), American actress and singer
Julia Sakara (born 1969), Zimbabwean middle distance runner
Julia Sawalha (born 1968), British actress
Julia Schruff (born 1982), Görges's German compatriot and tennis player
Julia Stiles (born 1981), American actress, star of the movie 10 Things I Hate about You
Julia Sweeney (born 1959), American actor and comedian
Julia Swayne Gordon (1878–1933), American actress
Julia Vakulenko (born 1983), Ukrainian tennis player
Julia Wells (born 1935), actress known as Julie Andrews
Julia Wilson (born 1978), Australian rower
Julia A. A. Wood (pen name, Minnie Mary Lee; 1826/1830 – 1903), American author
Julia McNair Wright (1840–1903), writer
Julia Evelyn Ditto Young (1857–1915), American novelist, poet
Fictional characters
Julia (Nineteen Eighty-Four), a character in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Julia (Rave Master), a character in manga series Rave Master
Julia (Sesame Street), a character with autism in the children's television series Sesame Street
Julia, a character in The Ragwitch by Garth Nix
Julia, a character in William Shakespeare's play Two Gentlemen of Verona
Julia, a character in the anime series Cowboy Bebop
Julia Chang, character in the Tekken video game series
Julia "Jules" Cobb, a character played by Courteney Cox on the comedy series Cougar Town
Julia Crichton, the female protagonist in Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
Julia Fernandez, a character from the manga and anime Beyblade G-Revolutions
Julie "Finn" Finlay, a character played by Elisabeth Shue in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Julia Flyte, a character in Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Julia Graham, a character in the 2010 adaptation of Parenthood
Julia Houston, a character played by Debra Messing on the TV series Smash
Julia McNamara, a character on the U.S. television series Nip/Tuck
Julia Sugarbaker, a character in the sitcom Designing Women
Julia, a character in the 2008 movie of the same name played by Tilda Swinton
Donna Julia, a character in the poem "Don Juan" by Lord Byron
Julia Ogden, a character in the Canadian television series Murdoch Mysteries
List of variants
Džūlija, Jūlija (Latvian)
Gillian (English)
Giulia (Italian)
Giuliana (Italian)
Giulietta (Italian)
Ίουλα, Íoula, Íula (Greek)
Ιουλία, Ioulía, Iulía (Greek)
Ιουλιέττα or Ιουλιέτα, Ioulietta/Ioulieta, Iulietta/Iulieta (Greek)
Iuliana, Iouliana (Ιουλιάνα) (Greek)
Iulianna, Ioulianna (Ιουλιάννα) (Greek)
Iúile (Irish)
Iuliana (Romanian)
Jill (English)
Jillian (English)
Jovita (Spanish)
Jules (English)
Juli (Hungarian)
Júlia (Catalan, Hungarian, Portuguese, Slovak)
Júlía (Icelandic)
Juliana (Dutch, English, German, Portuguese, Spanish)
Julianne (English)
Julienne (French)
Julienna (French)
Juliet (English)
Julieta (Portuguese, Spanish)
Julietta (Spanish)
Juliette (French)
Julija (Lithuanian, Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene)
Jūlija (Latvian)
Julijana (Slovene)
Julinka (Hungarian)
Juliska (Hungarian)
Julcia/Julka/Julia (Polish)
Julitta (Dutch)
Juulia (Estonian, Finnish)
Uliana (Ульяна) (Russian)
Ulyana (Ukrainian)
Xhulia (Albanian)
Xhuliana (Albanian)
Xulia (Galician)
Xiana (Galician)
Yulia (Юлия) (Russian)
Yulia (Юлія) (Ukrainian)
Yuliana (Bulgarian, Russian)
Yuliya (Bulgarian, Russian)
Julija (Macedonian)
See also
Julie (given name)
Juliet (disambiguation)
Julija, given name
Yulia, given name
Julian