Julia

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Gender Female		Word/name Latin
Meaning "of the gens Julia, a descendant of Julus" Related names Julius, Julian, Julie, Ivlia, Juliana, Julianna

Julia is usually a woman's given name. It is a Latinate feminine form of the name 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, 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 and the most popular name in Austria.

List of notable persons with the given name Julia

Julia the Elder

Julia (daughter of Drusus the Younger), 5 - 43 CE

Julius family

In Ancient Rome, women from all branches of the Julius family were called Julia:

Julia (gens), one of the most ancient patrician families at Ancient Rome

Julia, the name of several women of the Julii Caesares, including

Julia the Elder, daughter of emperor Augustus

Livia Drusilla, Julia Augusta, the wife of emperor Augustus

Julia (daughter of Drusus the Younger) or Julia, granddaughter of emperor Tiberius

Daughters of Germanicus: Julia Agrippina or Agrippina the Younger, Julia Drusilla (see Drusilla (sister of Caligula) and Julia Livilla)

Julia Drusilla, daughter of emperor Caligula

Other Romans

Berenice (daughter of Herod Agrippa I), Julia Berenice, princess of the Herodian Dynasty

Julia Urania, wife of Roman client king Ptolemy of Mauretania

Julia Bodina, a freedwoman to queen Julia Urania of Mauretania

Julia Procilla, mother of general Gnaeus Julius Agricola

Julia Iotapa, Queen of Commagene

Julia Iotapa, Queen of Cetis

Julia Iotapa, Princess of Cilicia

Julia Mamaea, second wife of Polemon II of Pontus

Julia, Herodian Princess of Armenia

Julia Agricola, daughter of general Gnaeus Julius Agricola and wife to historian Tacitus

Julia Flavia, daughter of emperor Titus

Julia Balbilla, poet and companion of Hadrian's wife Vibia Sabina

Julia Tertulla, daughter of suffect consul Gaius Julius Cornutus Tertullus

Julia Serviana Paulina, 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, empress and wife of emperor Septimius Severus

Julia Maesa, Domna's elder sister

Julia Soaemias, daughter to Julia Maesa and mother of emperor Elagabalus

Julia Avita Mamaea, Soaemias' sister and mother of emperor Alexander Severus

Julia Severa or Severina, daughter of emperor Philip the Arab

Julia Aurelia Zenobia, Syrian queen of Palmyra

Helena of Constantinople or Flavia Julia Helena mother of emperor Constantine I

Christian saints

Julia of Corsica, Feast Day May 22

Julia of Mérida, Feast Day December 10

Julia Billiart, Feast Day April 8

Ursula Julia Ledochowska, Saint Ursula, Feast Day October 21

One of the Martyrs of Zaragoza

Given name

Julia Alexandratou (born 1985), Greek pornstar, singer and former model

Júlia Almeida (born 1983), Brazilian actress

Julia Arthur (1869–1950), Canadian-born stage and film actress

Julia Boutros (born 1968), Lebanese singer

Julia Budd (born 1983), Canadian martial artist

Julia de Burgos (1914–1953), Puerto Rican poet

Julia Child (1912–2004), American gourmet cook, author, and television personality

Julia Clarete (born 1979), Filipino singer-actress

Julia Dean (1830-1868), stage actress

Julia Dean (1878–1952), stage and film actress

Julia Duporty (born 1971), Cuban sprinter

Julia Fischer (born 1983), German violinist

Julia Gillard (born 1961), Australian politician, former Prime Minister and former Deputy Prime Minister

Julia Görges (born 1988), German tennis player

Julia Grant (1826–1902), wife of 18th U.S. President Ulysses Grant

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 Lathrop (1858–1932), American social reformer

Julia Lennon (1914–1958), mother of John Lennon

Julia Lipnitskaya (born 1998), Russian figure skater

Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born 1961), American actress, costar 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), San Francisco architect, see Hearst Castle

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 Piera (born 1970), contemporary 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, Alumna of Saturday Night Live

Julia Swayne Gordon (1878–1933), American actress

Julia Vakulenko (born 1983), Ukrainian tennis player

Julia Wells, actress known as Julie Andrews

Julia Wilson (born 1978), Australian rower

Fictional characters

Julia (Nineteen Eighty-Four), a character in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Julia, a character in The Ragwitch by Garth Nix

Julia, a character in William Shakespeare's play Two Gentlemen of Verona

Julia (Rave Master), a character in manga series Rave Master

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

Julia, a character with Autism in the children's television series Sesame Street

List of variants

Džūlija, Jūlija (Latvian)

Gill (English)

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)

Iuliana (Romanian)

Jill (English)

Jillian (English)

Jillie (English)

Jilly (English)

Julia (English)

Jools (English)

Jovita (Spanish)

Jules (English)

Juli (Hungarian)

Júlia (Hungarian), (Portuguese), (Slovak), (Catalan)

Júlía (Icelandic)

Juliana (Dutch), (English), (German), (Portuguese), (Spanish)

Juliane (French), (German)

Julianna (English), (Hungarian), (Polish)

Julianne (English)

Julie (English), (French), (Czech), (Norwegian)

Julienne (French)

Julienna (French)

Juliet (English)

Julieta (Spanish), (Portuguese)

Julietta (Spanish)

Juliette (French)

Julija (Serbo-Croatian), (Lithuanian), (Slovene)

Jūlija (Latvian)

Julijana (Slovene)

Julinka (Hungarian)

Juliska (Hungarian)

Julcia/Julka/Julia (Polish)

Julitta (Dutch)

Juulia (Finnish, Estonian)

Uliana (Ульяна) (Russian)

Ulyana (Ukrainian)

Xhulia (Albanian)

Xhuliana (Albanian)

Xiana (Galician)

Yulia (Юлия) (Russian)

Yulia (Юлія) (Ukrainian)

Yuliana (Bulgarian), (Russian)

Yuliya (Bulgarian), (Russian)

References

Julia Wikipedia

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