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 songwriterJulie (Kenji Sawada), a Japanese pop singer, composer and actorGiven name:
Julie Adams (born 1926), an American actressJulie Andrews (born 1935), an English actress, singer, director and authorJulie Archoska (1905–1972), an American football playerJulie Benz (born 1972), an American TV actressSaint Julie Billiart (1751–1816), a French nunJulie Bishop (born 1956), a deputy leader of the Liberal Party of AustraliaJulie Bowen (born 1970), an American TV actressJulie Burchill (born 1959), an English writer and columnistJulie Chen (born 1970), an American television news anchor and producerJulie Christie (born 1941), a British actressJulie Chu (born 1982), American ice hockey playerJulie Clarke (born 1971), a Playboy Playmate of the Month for March 1991Julie Coin (born 1982), a French tennis playerJulie Czerneda (born 1955), a Canadian authorJulie Dawn Cole (born 1955), English television, film and stage actressJulie Delpy (born 1969), a French-American actress, director, screenwriter and singer-songwriterJulie Dickson, a Canadian public servantJulie Ditty (born 1979), an American tennis playerJulie Nixon Eisenhower (born 1948), a daughter of ex-President Richard NixonJulie Feeney, an Irish singer and composerJulie Foudy (born 1971), an American soccer playerJulie Fowlis, a Scottish singer and composerJulie Goodyear (born 1942), an English TV actressJulie Halard-Decugis (born 1970), a Coin's French compatriot and former tennis playerJulie Harris (1925-2013), an American actressJulie Kavner (born 1950), an American actress best known as the voice of Marge SimpsonJulie London (1926–2000), an American singer and actressJulie McNiven (born 1980), American actressJulie Mond, American actressJulie Newmar (born 1933), an American actress, dancer and singerJulie Payette (born 1963), a Canadian astronaut and engineerJulie Powell (born 1973), an American authorJulie Pullin (born 1975), a British tennis playerJulie Seitter, a voice talent for the "Julie" automated telephone reservation system used by AmtrakJulie Taymor (born 1952), an American director of theatre, opera and filmJulie Vega (1968-1985), a Filipina child actressJulie Walters (born 1950), an English actress and novelistJulie White (businesswoman) (born 1967), a British businesswomanAlternative 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)JuliaJorna, 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 BlackJuleigh, the given name of a formalist poet Juleigh Howard-HobsonJewellee