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[ 4 syll. ju-lia-na, jul-i-ana ] The girl name Juliana is pronounced JHUWLiyAENah †. Juliana has its origins in the Latin language. It is used largely in Czech, English, Slavic, Spanish, Dutch, German, and Portuguese. An old form of the name is Juliana (Latin). The name evolved as a Latin feminine form of Julianus, as borne by the 4th-century Saint Juliana of Nicomedia, who was martyred under Diocletian in 304. She was popular in the Middle Ages; in the Netherlands, the name has been bestowed in honor of her even into recent times. The name has been adopted by English speakers since the 12th century and it saw a revival in 18th-century England. In addition, Juliana is a form of the English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Julia in the Czech, English, Slavic, and Spanish languages. Juliana is the feminine form of the English, German, and Polish Julian. Juliana has 25 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of Juliana include Gill, Gillian, Jil, Jill, Jillian, Julianne, Juline (used in French too), Leana (used in Spanish too), Leanna, and Liane (used in French and German too). Other English forms include the short form Liana (used in French, German, Italian, and Portuguese too), the pet form Jule (used in German and too), and the spelling variants Julianna (used in Hungarian too) and Jullianna. Forms used in foreign languages include the Italian Giuliana, the Romanian Iuliana, the French and German Juliane, the Hungarian Julianja, the French Julienne, the Slavic Julijana, the Polish Juljana, and the Russian Uliana. The pet form Juul (Dutch), and the spelling variants Yuliana (Russian, Slavic, and Spanish) and Yulianna (Russian) are other foreign forms. Juliana is popular as a baby girl name, and it is also regarded as rather trendy. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1930s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2003, 0.106% of baby girls were named Juliana. It had a ranking of #157 then. In 2008, it ranked at #157 with a usage of 0.103%, and it was the 2nd most popular after Julia, out of all girl names in its family. The name was thrice as popular as Juliana in 2008. Baby names that sound like Juliana include the Italian Giuliana, the Spanish Jaquelina, the name Jiliana, the English Jilliana, the English and Hungarian Julianna, the name Julyana, the name Giulianna, the English Jacalyn, the English Jacilyn, the English Jackalene, the English Jackalin, the English Jackalyn, the English Jackalynn, the English Jackeline, the English Jackelyn, the English Jackilyn, the English Jackqueline, the English Jacolyn, the English Jacqualin, and the English Jacqualine.
† Pronunciation for Juliana: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
