Pronunciation |
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Gender | Feminine |
Other gender | |
Masculine | Julio, Julius, Julian, Julien |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Latin |
Meaning | "of the gens Julia, a descendant of Julus" |
Other names | |
Related names | Julie, Iulia, Yulia, Juliana, Julianna, Jill, Jillian, Juliette, Giuliana |
Julia is a usually [ citation needed ] feminine given name. It is a Latinate feminine form of the name Julio and Julius. (For further details on etymology, see the Wiktionary entry "Julius".) The given name Julia had been in use throughout Late Antiquity (e.g. Julia of Corsica) but became rare during the Middle Ages, and was revived only with the Italian Renaissance. It became common in the English-speaking world only in the 18th century. Today, it is frequently used throughout the world.
Julia was the 30th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007 and the 88th most popular name for women in the 1990 census there. It has been among the top 150 names given to girls in the United States for the past 100 years. It was the 89th most popular name for girls born in England and Wales in 2007; the 94th most popular name for girls born in Scotland in 2007; the 13th most popular name for girls born in Spain in 2006; the 5th most popular name for girls born in Sweden in 2007; the 94th most popular name for girls born in Belgium in 2006; the 53rd most popular name for girls born in Norway in 2007; the 70th most popular name for girls born in Hungary in 2005; the 39th most popular name for girls born in Canada in 2022; [1] the 9th most popular name for girls born in Germany in 2005; the 2nd most popular name for girls born in Poland in 2013 [2] and the most popular name in Austria. [3] [4]
The programming language Julia, is a rare one using a feminine name (the earliest one is likely Ada, another earlier is Ruby and later Crystal). The language Julia is however not named after a specific woman, while Ada is named after the programmer pioneer Ada Lovelace. Most languages aren't named after people, while e.g., Pascal and Haskell are named after men.
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Julia is the nomen of various women of the family Julii Caesares, a branch of the gens Julia, one of the most ancient patrician houses at ancient Rome.
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Julie is a popular Latin first name which originally comes from the Latin Julia, itself derived from the Latin Julius, which is believed to either stem from Ancient Greek: ἴουλος, romanized: íoulos, lit. 'downy-haired' or Latin: Iovilius, lit. 'devoted to Jove'. It can be a pet form of Julia, Yulie, or Juliette.
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