Julie is a popular Latin first name which originally comes from the Latin Julia which could mean youthful, soft-haired, beautiful or vivacious. It is the feminine form of Julius, and can be a pet form of Julia, or Juliette.
Julie has perpetually been one of the most popular female names used in the United States. According to the United States' Social Security Administration, Julie was consistently in the top one-hundred registered female names in the forty years between 1951 and 1991; peaking at #10 in 1971. Additionally, a variation of the name Julie, Julia has been in the top one-hundred since 1980.
Julie has also been a popular given name in some European countries. In the most recently available statistics, the name was the fourth most popular female name in Belgium in 2005 and ninth most popular in Denmark in the first half of 2005. In France, the name was only mildly popular in the beginning of the 20th century and its usage nearly disappeared between 1940 and 1970. It then suddenly soared to previously unknown heights, reaching its peak in 1987 when 9,908 Julies were born. It was the 17th most popular name in 2006. Julie may be given to males as well, though mostly as a second or third given name. In 2006, 204 Frenchmen had Julie among their given names.
The first appearance of Julie in a popular non-French literary work occurred with Swedish playwright August Strindberg's tragedy Miss Julie in 1888. As it became one of the most widely performed plays in the English-speaking world, the choice of Julie as a name expanded along with it.
Mononyms:
Julie (Julie Berthelsen), a Greenland pop singer and songwriter
Julie (Kenji Sawada), a Japanese pop singer, composer and actor
Given name:
Julie Adams (born 1926), an American actress
Julie Andrews (born 1935), an English actress, singer, director and author
Julie Archoska (1905–1972), an American football player
Julie Benz (born 1972), an American TV actress
Saint Julie Billiart (1751–1816), a French nun
Julie Bishop (born 1956), a deputy leader of the Liberal Party of Australia
Julie Bowen (born 1970), an American TV actress
Julie Burchill (born 1959), an English writer and columnist
Julie Chen (born 1970), an American television news anchor and producer
Julie Christie (born 1941), a British actress
Julie Chu (born 1982), American ice hockey player
Julie Clarke (born 1971), a Playboy Playmate of the Month for March 1991
Julie Coin (born 1982), a French tennis player
Julie Czerneda (born 1955), a Canadian author
Julie Dawn Cole (born 1955), English television, film and stage actress
Julie Delpy (born 1969), a French-American actress, director, screenwriter and singer-songwriter
Julie Dickson, a Canadian public servant
Julie Ditty (born 1979), an American tennis player
Julie Nixon Eisenhower (born 1948), a daughter of ex-President Richard Nixon
Julie Feeney, an Irish singer and composer
Julie Foudy (born 1971), an American soccer player
Julie Fowlis, a Scottish singer and composer
Julie Goodyear (born 1942), an English TV actress
Julie Halard-Decugis (born 1970), a Coin's French compatriot and former tennis player
Julie Harris (1925-2013), an American actress
Julie Kavner (born 1950), an American actress best known as the voice of Marge Simpson
Julie London (1926–2000), an American singer and actress
Julie McNiven (born 1980), American actress
Julie Mond, American actress
Julie Newmar (born 1933), an American actress, dancer and singer
Julie Payette (born 1963), a Canadian astronaut and engineer
Julie Powell (born 1973), an American author
Julie Pullin (born 1975), a British tennis player
Julie Seitter, a voice talent for the "Julie" automated telephone reservation system used by Amtrak
Julie Taymor (born 1952), an American director of theatre, opera and film
Julie Vega (1968-1985), a Filipina child actress
Julie Walters (born 1950), an English actress and novelist
Julie White (businesswoman) (born 1967), a British businesswoman
Alternative spellings and translations
Julia (Latin), (English), (German), (Interlingua), (Polish), (Bulgarian), (Spanish)
Julie (Czech, (Danish), (English), (French), (Norwegian)
Juliino (Esperanto)
Giulia (Italian)
Júlia (Portuguese)
Júlia (Catalan)
Júlia (Hungarian)
July (English)
Juli (English)
Iulia or Ioulia (Ιουλία) (Greek)
Julia
Jorna, Jillie, Jennifer, Julia (Swedish)
Juulia (Finnish)
Yulia, Yulya, Yuliya (Russian / Ukrainian)
Yula, Yuliya (Assyrian)
Iulia, Iuliana (Romanian)
Yulie (Hebrew, Spanish)
Juri (Japanese)
Jully, the given name of Canadian singer Jully Black
Juleigh, the given name of a formalist poet Juleigh Howard-Hobson
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