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 [ 2 syll. ju-lia, jul-ia ] The girl name Julia is pronounced JHUWLYah KEY. Julia is of Latin origin. It is used mainly in English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish. The name Julia means 'Jupiter's child, downy'. Biblical name derived from the word iovilius with the meaning 'dedicated to Jupiter'. An original form of the name is Julia (Latin). The Roman first name was borne in the Bible by a woman whom Paul addressed in his Epistle to the Romans. The name was also borne by various early saints. In literature, the name was borne by a character in the Shakespeare play Two Gentlemen of Verona (1592). The name was first adopted by English speakers in the 16th century, and saw a growth in popularity from the revival of classical names in the 18th century. Julia is the feminine form of the English and German Julius. Julia is a widely used name; it has 41 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of Julia include Gillie, Juli (used in Hungarian as well), Juliana (used in Czech, Slavic, Spanish, Dutch, German, and Portuguese as well), Julianna (used in Hungarian as well), Juliet, Julina, Juline (used in French as well), Julio, Julissa, Julitta (used in Italian as well), and Yulika. Other English forms include the pet forms Juel, Julie (used in French as well), and Juliette (used in French as well), and the spelling variant Julee. Forms of the name used in foreign languages include the Italian Giulia, the Italian Giulietta, the Romanian Iulia, the Czech, Polish, and Slavic Jula, the Czech Julca, the Polish Julcia, the Spanish Juliaca, the French and German Juliane, the Hungarian Julianka, the German Julica, the Spanish Julieta, the Slavic Julija, the Czech and Hungarian Juliska, the Spanish Julita, the Czech Julka, the Irish and German Sile, the Scottish Sileas, the Slavic Yula, the Russian Yulinka, the Russian Yuliya, the Russian Yulka, and the Russian Yulya. The pet forms Jule (German), Jules (French), and Julika (German and Hungarian) are other foreign variants. Julia is a pet form of the English, Italian, and Spanish Julietta in the Latin, English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish languages. See also the related form, the Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, and Scandinavian Jupiter. Julia is very popular as a baby girl name. In 1900, 0.556% of baby girls were named Julia. It had a ranking of #46 then. The baby name has dropped in popularity since then, and is in recent times of modest use. In 2008, it ranked at #40 with a usage of 0.270%, but it was nevertheless the most popular among all girl names in its family. Julia was thrice as popular as the 2nd most popular name, the Czech, English, Slavic, Spanish, Dutch, German, and Portuguese Juliana, in 2008. Julia has mainly been a girl name, although in the last century it has also been used for boys. There were 82 times more girls than boys who were named Julia in 1908. Baby names that sound like Julia include the Italian Giulia, the English Jacquel, the English Jacquil, the English Jahel, the Arabic Jala, the English Jayla, the English Jaylah, the English Jaylee, the Slavic Jela, the English Jewel, the English Jewell, the English Jewelle, the English Jillie, the English Joela, the English Joell, the English, French, and German Joelle, the French Joëlle, the English and Polish Jola, the French and Hungarian Joli, and the French and English Jolie. Details of famous persons named Julia: KEY: Pronunciation for Julia: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
