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 [ 3 syll. ju-lian, jul-i-an ] The boy name Julian is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is JHUWLiyahN or JHUWLYahN KEY. Julian is used chiefly in the English, German, and Polish languages, and its origin is Latin. The name is from the Roman nickname Julianus (Latin), which is itself from Julius. The name was borne by Flavius Claudius Julianus (332-363), also known as Julian the Apostate, who was the last polytheist Roman Emperor; he tried to re-institute Greco-Roman religion over Christianity in the Roman Empire. Several minor early saints also bore the name. The name was also bestowed on females in the medieval period, as borne by Julian of Norwich (1342-1416), one of the greatest English mystics. Up to the 16th century, the feminine use of the name had often been considered a variant of Gillian. The name was adopted regularly by English speakers by the 18th century. The name Juliana (Czech, English, Slavic, Spanish, Dutch, German, and Portuguese) is the female form of Julian. Giuliano (Italian), Gyula (Hungarian), Halian (English and Zuni), Jolyon (English), Julián (Spanish), and Julien (French) are variants of Julian. Julian is a variant of the name Julius (English and German) in the English, German, and Polish languages. Jule (English pet form) and Jules (Dutch, English, and French pet form) are other variants of Julian. Julian is popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also considered trendy. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1950s. At the modest height of its usage in 2008, 0.342% of baby boys were given the name Julian. It ranked at #61 then. Within all boy names in its group, Julian was the most popular in 2008. 7 times more boys were named Julian than the next most popular name, Julius (English and German), in that year. Julian has mostly been a boy name in the past century. Baby names that sound like Julian include Julián (Spanish), Julien (French), Jelani (Igbo), Jillian (English), Jolyon (English), Jalen (English), Jalon (English), Jaylan (English), Jaylen (English), Jaylin (English), Jaylon (English), Jillean (English), Jolon, and Giuliano (Italian). A famous person named Julian is Rock Bandmember Julian Casablanca, New York, New York. KEY: Pronunciation for Julian: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; 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)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
