Julio (given name) explained

Julio
Pronunciation:	pronounced as /es/
Gender:	Masculine
Language origin:	1. Greek 2. Latin
Meaning:	1. "downy-bearded" 2. "devoted to Jove"
Related Names:	Julius, Julia, Julie, Julian, Jules, Julien, Jolyon

Julio is a Spanish male given name. It can also be a family name or surname.^[1] See Julio (surname).

The equivalent in Portuguese is the accented Júlio.

Acting

• Julio Alemán, Mexican actor
• Julio Mannino, Mexican actor

Politics

• Julio Acosta García, President of Costa Rica from 1920 to 1924
• Julio Argentino Roca, army general who served as President of Argentina
• Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo, President of Uruguay
• Julio-Claudian Dynasty, the first five Roman Emperors

Sports

• Julio Arca, Argentinian footballer
• Julio Aparicio Díaz, Spanish bullfighter
• Julio César Aguirre, Colombian road cyclist
• Julio César Blanco, Venezuelan road cyclist
• Julio Bonetti (1911–1952), Italian baseball player
• Julio Briones, Ecuadorian association footballer
• Julio César Chávez, Mexican boxer
• Julio Ricardo Cruz, Argentinian association footballer
• Julio César Enciso (footballer, born 1974), Paraguayan association footballer
• Julio César Enciso (footballer, born 2004), Paraguayan association footballer
• Julio César González, light-heavyweight boxer
• Julio Enciso (born 2004), Paraguayan footballer
• Julio Franco (born 1958), American baseball player
• Julio César Herrera, Venezuelan track and road cyclist
• Julio Jones (born 1989), American football player
• Julio Lamas, Argentine basketball coach
• Júlio Lópes, Brazilian freestyle swimmer
• Julio Lugo (1975–2021), Dominican baseball player
• Julio César Luña, Venezuelan weightlifter
• Julio Mañón (born 1973), Dominican baseball player
• Julio Osorio (1939–2022), Panamanian basketball player
• Julio César Rangel, Colombian road cyclist
• Julio Rodríguez (born 2000), Dominican professional baseball outfielder
• Julio Santana (born 1974), Dominican baseball player
• Julio Santos, Ecuadorian freestyle swimmer
• Júlio Silva, Brazilian tennis player
• Julio César Urías, Guatemalan race walker
• Julio Urías (born 1996), Mexican professional baseball player
• Julio Valentín González, Paraguayan association footballer
• Julio Velasco, Argentine volleyball coach

Other fields

• Julio Cortázar, Argentine intellectual and author of several experimental novels and many short stories
• Julio Fernández (disambiguation), multiple people
• Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer
• Julio Gonzalez (arsonist), unemployed Cuban refugee
• Julio González (sculptor), Spanish sculptor
• Julio Iglesias, Spanish international singer, father of singer Enrique Iglesias
• Julio Preciado, banda singer based in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico
• Julio Macat, Argentinian-born American cinematographer, and the husband of Elizabeth Perkins
• Julio Suárez, Guatemalan banker
• Julio Franco Arango, Colombian Roman Catholic bishop
• Julio Le Parc, Argentine artist, painter and sculptor living in Paris, France, since 1955

Fictional characters

• Julio Lopez, a character in the cartoon "M.A.S.K. (TV series)"

Notes and References

1. Book: Albaigès, Josep M. . Olivart . J.M.A. . Diccionario de nombres de personas . Universitat de Barcelona . 1993 . 978-84-475-0264-6 . es . 15 September 2018 . 150.