Julia (given name) explained

Julia
Gender:	Feminine
Meaning:	"of the gens Julia, a descendant of Julus"
Language origin:	Latin
Related Names:	Julie, Iulia, Yulia, Juliana, Julianna, Jill, Jillian, Juliette, Giuliana
Masculine:	Julio, Julius, Julian, Julien

Julia is a usually feminine given name. It is a Latinate feminine form of the name Julio and Julius. (For further details on etymology, see the Wiktionary entry "Julius".) 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.

Statistics

Julia was the 30th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007 and the 88th most popular name for women 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 5th 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 46th 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]

The programming language Julia, is a rare one using a feminine name (the, likely, earliest one is Ada, another earlier is Ruby and later Crystal). The language Julia is however not named after (a specific) woman, while Ada is named after the programmer pioneer Ada Lovelace. Most languages aren't named after people, while e.g. Pascal and Haskell are named after men.

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 Julius Caesar) (before 101 BC–?)
- Julia Minor (sister of Julius Caesar) (101 BC–51 BC), maternal grandmother of Emperor Augustus Caesar
- Julia (daughter of Caesar) (c. 76 BC–54 BC)
- Livia Drusilla (58 BC–29 AD), also known as Julia Augusta, wife of Emperor Augustus Caesar
- Julia the Elder (39 BC–14 AD), daughter of Emperor Augustus
- 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
Julia the Younger (actually Vipsania Julia, 19 BC–c. AD 29), daughter of Julia the Elder
Berenice (daughter of Herod Agrippa) (28–after 81), Julia Berenice, princess of the Herodian Dynasty
Julia Urania, wife of Roman client king Ptolemy of Mauretania
Julia Bodina, 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), second wife of Polemon II of Pontus
Julia (daughter of Tigranes VI of Armenia), 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, 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, 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

Danielle Julia Marcano (born 1997), American soccer player
(born 1987), Japanese AV actress
Julia Carter Aldrich (1834–1924), American author
Júlia Almeida (born 1983), Brazilian actress
Julia A. Ames (1816–1891), American journalist, editor and temperance reformer
Julia Arthur (1869–1950), Canadian-born stage and film actress
Julia Barretto (born 1997), Filipino actress
Julia Bascom, 21st century American autism rights activist
Julie Billiart (1751–1816), French Catholic saint
Julia Boutros (born 1968), Lebanese singer
Julia Budd (born 1983), Canadian martial artist
Julia Campbell, multiple people
Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney (1823–1908), American educator and poet
Julia Child (1912–2004), American gourmet cook, author and television personality
Julia Clarete (born 1979), Filipino singer and actress
Julia Cohen (born 1989), American tennis player
Julia Colman (1828–1909), American educator, activist, editor and writer
Julia Pleasants Creswell (1827–1886), American poet and novelist
Julia Dean (actress, born 1830) (1830–1868), American stage actress
Julia Dean (actress, born 1878) (1878–1952), American stage and film actress
Julia Deans, New Zealand singer-songwriter
Julia de Burgos (1914–1953), Puerto Rican poet
Julia C. R. Dorr (1825–1913), American author
Julia Dorsey (1850-1919), African-American suffragist
Julia Duffy (born 1951), American actress
Julia Duporty (born 1971), Cuban sprinter
Julia Knowlton Dyer (1829–1927), American philanthropist
Julia Figueredo (born 1966), Bolivian politician
Julia Fiquet (born 2001), French singer known by the mononym Julia
Julia Fischer (born 1983), German violinist
Julia Wheelock Freeman (1833–1900), American Civil War nurse
Julia Gatley, architect, academic, architectural historian and author from New Zealand
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 US President Ulysses Grant
Julia Boynton Green (1861–1957), American poet
Julia Hamburg (born 1986), German politician
Julia Haworth (born 1979), British actress
Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910), American abolitionist, social activist and poet
Julia Hütter (born 1983), German pole vaulter
Julia Ioffe (born 1982), Russian-born American journalist
Julia Irwin (born 1951), Australian politician
Julia Kinberg (1874–1945), Swedish physician and feminist
Julia Klöckner (born 1972), German politician
Julia Kwan, Canadian screenwriter and director
Julia Lathrop (1858–1932), American social reformer
Julia Ledóchowska, birth name of Ursula Ledóchowska (1865–1939), Roman Catholic saint
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 Marden, Wampanoag artist
Julia Marlowe (1865–1950), English-born American actress
Julia Harris May (1833–1912), American poet, teacher and school founder
Julia E. McConaughy (1834–1885), American litterateur and author
Julia Menéndez (born 1985), Spanish field hockey defender
Julia Michaels (born 1993), American singer and songwriter
Julia Mierzyńska (1801–1831), Polish prima ballerina, choreographer
Julia Montes (born 1995), Filipino-German actress
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
Julia Nesheiwat, Arab-American US Army soldier and advisor
Julia Newmeyer (born 1933), American actress better known as Julie Newmar
Julia Nyberg (1784–1854), Swedish poet
Julia Ormond (born 1965), British actress
Julia Anna Orum (1843-1904), American educator, lecturer, and author
Julia Perez (1980–2017), Indonesian actress, singer, presenter, model and comedian
Julia Pérez Montes de Oca (1839–1875), Cuban poet
Julia Phillips (1944–2002), American film producer and author
Julia Piera (born 1970), Spanish poet
Julia Jones Pugliese (1909–1993), American fencer and fencing coach
Julia Rais (born 1971), Malaysian film actress and princess
Julia Reynolds, American journalist
Julia Riew, American composer and songwriter
Julia Roberts (born 1967), American actress
Julia Sakara (born 1969), Zimbabwean middle-distance runner
Julia Sanderson (1888–1975), American actress and singer
Julia Sanina (born 1990), Ukrainian singer and the front woman of the Ukrainian alternative rock band The Hardkiss
Julia Sawalha (born 1968), British actress
Julia Schruff (born 1982), German retired tennis player
Julia Seton (1862-1950), American physician, lecturer and author
Julia Stiles (born 1981), American actress
Julia H. Scott (1809–1842), American poet
Julia Sude (born 1987), German beach volleyball player
Julia Swayne Gordon (1878–1933), American actress
Julia Sweeney (born 1959), American actor and comedian
Julia Szeremeta (born 2003), Polish boxer
Julia Vakulenko (born 1983), Ukrainian tennis player
Julia Rush Cutler Ward (1796–1824), American poet
Julia Wells (born 1935), English actress, singer and author better known as Julie Andrews
Julia Whitworth, American priest
Julia Wilson (born 1978), Australian rower
Julia Winter (born 1993), Swedish-British actress
Julia A. Wood (1840–1927), American writer and composer
Julia Amanda Sargent Wood (pen name, Minnie Mary Lee; 1825–1903), American author
Julia McNair Wright (1840–1903), American writer
Julia Evelyn Ditto Young (1857–1915), American novelist and 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 Argent, a character from the Netflix series, Carmen Sandiego (TV series)
Julia Baker, a character from the 1960's television series, Julia (1968 TV series)
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
Donna Julia, a character in the poem "Don Juan" by Lord Byron
Julia Fernandez, a character from the manga and anime Beyblade G-Revolutions
Julie "Finn" Finlay, a character played by Elisabeth Shue in
Julia Flyte, a character in Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Julia Goodway, a character in the 2013 animated series PAW Patrol (originally named Justina Goodway)
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 Ogden, a character in the Canadian television series Murdoch Mysteries
Julia Sugarbaker, a character in the sitcom Designing Women
Julia Feingold, minor character from the novel serie «The Trials of Apollo» by Rick Riordan.

List of variants

Džūlija, Jūlija (Latvian)
Ghjulia (Corsican)
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)
Iulia (Bulgarian, Hawaiian, Romanian and Latin.)
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)
Juliane (French, German)
Julianna (English, Hungarian, Polish)
Julianne (English)
Juliana, Julia, Yulia (Indonesian)
Julie (Czech, Danish, English, French, Norwegian)
Julienne (French)
Julienna (French)
Juliet (English)
Julia (Portuguese, Spanish)
Julieta, 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)
Uliana, Uliyana (Уляна) (Ukrainian)
Xhulia (Albanian)
Xhuliana (Albanian)
Xulia (Galician)
Xiana (Galician)
Xianna (Galician)
Yulia (Юлия) (Russian)
Yuliia, Yuliya (Юлія) (Ukrainian)
Yuliana (Bulgarian, Russian)
Yuliya (Bulgarian, Russian)
Julija (Macedonian)

Notes and References

Web site: Top 50 Most Popular Girls' & Boys' Baby Names for 2013 in Poland. https://archive.today/20140119101845/http://diminutive-names.com/9-most-popular-baby-names-2013-poland-girls-boys.article. dead. 19 January 2014. 19 January 2014. diminutive-names.com. 25 April 2018.
Web site: Popularity for the name Julia. Mike. Campbell. Behind the Name. 25 April 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150128131835/http://www.behindthename.com/top/search.php?terms=julia. 28 January 2015.
Web site: What Are the Most Common German Names for Boys and Girls?. about.com. 25 April 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120211120757/http://german.about.com/library/blname_top10.htm. 11 February 2012.