Julia is usually a feminine

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. It is a Latinate feminine form of the name Julio and

Julius The gens Julia (''gēns Iūlia'', ) was one of the most prominent patrician families in ancient Rome. Members of the gens attained the highest dignities of the state in the earliest times of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the ...

. (For further details on etymology, see the Wiktionary entry "Julius".) The given name ''Julia'' had been in use throughout

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(e.g.

Julia of Corsica Saint Julia of Corsica ( it, Santa Giulia da Corsica; french: Sainte Julie; co, Santa Ghjulia; la, Sancta Iulia), also known as Saint Julia of Carthage, and more rarely Saint Julia of Nonza, was a virgin martyr who is venerated as a Christia ...

) but became rare during the Middle Ages, and was revived only with the

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. It became common in the English-speaking world only in the 18th century. Today, it is frequently used throughout the world.

Statistics

Julia was the 10th 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

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in 2007; the 94th most popular name for girls born in

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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 19th most popular name for girls born in

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in 2006; the 9th most popular name for girls born in Germany in 2005; the 2nd most popular name for girls born in Poland in 2013 and the most popular name in Austria. The programming language

Julia Julia is usually a 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 ...

, is a rare one using a feminine name (the, likely, earliest one is

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, another earlier is

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and later

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). 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

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are named after men.

People

Ancient world

Julia (women of the Julii Caesares) Julia (Classical Latin: ''Iulia'') 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. By the time of the later Republic, Roman daughters were seldo ...

: **

Julia (wife of Sulla) Julia, or possibly Ilia (c. 129 BC – c. 104 BC), was a Roman noblewoman who was the first wife of Sulla, later a Roman dictator. Biography Little is known of her life and sources are confused as to whether her name was ''Julia'' or ''Ilia''. Ther ...

(c. 129 BC–c. 104 BC), first wife of Sulla ** Julia (wife of Marius) (c. 130 BC–69 BC) **

Julia (mother of Mark Antony) Julia is usually a 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 ...

(104 BC–after 39 BC) **

Julia Major (sister of Julius Caesar) Julia, also known as Julia Major and Julia the Elder, was the elder sister of Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator.''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', vol. II, p. 640. Family Julia was the first of three children born at Rom ...

(before 101 BC–?) **

Julia Minor (sister of Julius Caesar) Julia Minor (before 100 BC – 51 BC) was the second of two daughters of Gaius Julius Caesar and Aurelia. She was an elder sister of the dictator Julius Caesar, and the maternal grandmother of Rome's first emperor Augustus. Biography Bona Dea ...

(101 BC–51 BC), maternal grandmother of Emperor Augustus Caesar **

Julia (daughter of Caesar) Julia (c. 76 BC – 54 BC) was the daughter of Roman dictator Julius Caesar by his first or second wife Cornelia, and his only child from his marriages. Julia became the fourth wife of Pompey the Great and was renowned for her beauty and virtue. ...

(c. 76 BC–54 BC) **

Livia Drusilla Livia Drusilla (30 January 59 BC – 28 September AD 29) was a Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14 as the wife of Roman emperor, Emperor Augustus Caesar. She was known as Julia Augusta after her formal Adoption in ancient Rome, adoption into the J ...

(58 BC–29 AD), also known as Julia Augusta, wife of Emperor Augustus Caesar **Julia the Elder (39 BC–14 AD), daughter of Emperor Augustus **Julia Livia (before 14–43), granddaughter of Emperor Tiberius **Julia Agrippina or Agrippina the Younger (15–59), daughter of the general Germanicus and fourth wife of Emperor Claudius **Julia Drusilla (16–38), daughter of Germanicus, sister of Caligula **Julia Livilla (18-late AD 41 or early AD 42), daughter of Germanicus, youngest sister of Caligula **Julia Drusilla (39–41), daughter of Emperor Caligula *Julia the Younger (actually Vipsania Julia, 19 BC–c. AD 29), daughter of Julia the Elder *Berenice (daughter of Herod Agrippa) (28–after 81), Julia Berenice, princess of the Herodian Dynasty *Julia Urania (), wife of Roman client king Ptolemy of Mauretania *Julia Bodina (), a slave, later freedwoman, of Julia Urania of Mauretania *Julia Procilla, mother of Gallo-Roman general Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40–93) *Julia Iotapa (daughter of Antiochus III) (before 17–c. 52), Queen of Commagene *Julia Iotapa (daughter of Antiochus IV) (c. 45–after 96), Queen of Cetis *Julia Iotapa (Cilician princess) (c. 80–2nd century), Princess of Cilicia *Julia Mamaea (wife of Polemon II of Pontus) (), second wife of Polemon II of Pontus *Julia (daughter of Tigranes VI of Armenia) (), Herodian Princess of Armenia *Julia Agricola (64–?), daughter of general Gnaeus Julius Agricola and wife to historian Tacitus *Julia Flavia (64–91), daughter of emperor Titus *Julia Balbilla (72–after 130), poet and companion of Hadrian's wife Vibia Sabina *Julia Tertulla (), daughter of suffect consul Gaius Julius Cornutus Tertullus *Julia Serviana Paulina (died before 136?), niece of Emperor Hadrian *Julia Crispina, princess and granddaughter of Julia Berenice *Julia Fadilla, younger half-sister to Emperor Antoninus Pius and paternal aunt to Empress Faustina the Younger *Julia Domna (160–217), empress and wife of Emperor Septimius Severus *Julia Maesa (c. 165–c. 224), Domna's sister *Julia Soaemias (180–222), daughter to Julia Maesa and mother of emperor Elagabalus *Julia Avita Mamaea (after 180–235), Soaemias' sister and mother of emperor Alexander Severus *Julia Severa or Severina (), daughter of Emperor Philip the Arab *One of the Martyrs of Zaragoza (died c. 303) *Julia of Mérida (died 304), martyr *

(died on or after 439), virgin martyr

Modern world

* Julia Carter Aldrich (1834–1924), American author * Júlia Almeida (born 1983), Brazilian actress * Julia A. Ames (1816–1891), American journalist, editor and temperance reformer * Julia Arthur (1869–1950), Canadian-born stage and film actress * Julia Barretto (born 1997), Filipino actress * Julia Bascom, 21st century American autism rights activist * Julie Billiart (1751–1816), French Catholic saint * Julia Boutros (born 1968), Lebanese singer * Julia Budd (born 1983), Canadian martial artist * Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney (1823–1908), American educator and poet * Julia Child (1912–2004), American gourmet cook, author and television personality * Julia Clarete (born 1979), Filipino singer and actress * Julia Cohen (born 1989), American tennis player * Julia Colman (1828–1909), American educator, activist, editor and writer * Julia Pleasants Creswell (1827–1886), American poet and novelist * Julia Dean (actress, born 1830) (1830–1868), American stage actress * Julia Dean (actress, born 1878) (1878–1952), American stage and film actress * Julia de Burgos (1914–1953), Puerto Rican poet * Julia C. R. Dorr (1825–1913), American author * Julia Dorsey (1850-1919), African-American suffragist * Julia Duffy (born 1951), American actress * Julia Duporty (born 1971), Cuban sprinter * Julia Knowlton Dyer (1829–1927), American philanthropist * Julia Fischer (born 1983), German violinist * Julia Wheelock Freeman (1833–1900), American Civil War nurse * Julia Gillard (born 1961), Australian politician, Prime Minister * Julia Glushko (born 1990), Israeli tennis player * Julia Goddard (1825–1896), British children's writer and animal welfare campaigner * Julia Gordon, Canadian mathematician * Julia Swayne Gordon (1878–1933), American actress * Julia Görges (born 1988), German tennis player * Julia Grant (1826–1902), wife of US President Ulysses Grant * Julia Boynton Green (1861–1957), American poet * Julia Hamburg (born 1986), German politician * Julia Haworth (born 1979), British actress * Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910), American abolitionist, social activist and poet * Julia Hütter (born 1983), German pole vaulter * Julia Irwin (born 1951), Australian politician * Julia Klöckner (born 1972), German politician * Julia Kwan, Canadian screenwriter and director * Julia Lathrop (1858–1932), American social reformer * Julia Ledóchowska, birth name of Ursula Ledóchowska (1865–1939), Roman Catholic saint * Julia Lennon (1914–1958), mother of John Lennon * Julia Lipnitskaya (born 1998), Russian figure skater * Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born 1961), American actress, co-star of the TV series ''Seinfeld'' * Julia Mancuso (born 1984), American skier * Julia Marlowe (1865–1950), English-born American actress * Julia Harris May (1833–1912), American poet, teacher and school founder * Julia E. McConaughy (1834–1885), American litterateur and author * Julia Menéndez (born 1985), Spanish field hockey defender * Julia Michaels (born 1993), American singer and songwriter * Julia Montes (born 1995), Filipino-German actress * Julia A. Moore (1847–1920), American poet * Julia Morgan (1872–1957), American architect * Julia Morton (1912–1996), American author and botanist * Julia Murney (born 1969), American actress and singer * Julia Nesheiwat, Arab-American US Army soldier and advisor * Julia Newmeyer (born 1933), American actress better known as Julie Newmar * Julia Nyberg (1784–1854), Swedish poet * Julia Ormond (born 1965), British actress * Julia Anna Orum (1843-1904), American educator, lecturer, and author * Julia Perez (1980–2017), Indonesian actress, singer, presenter, model and comedian * Julia Pérez Montes de Oca (1839–1875), Cuban poet * Julia Phillips (1944–2002), American film producer and author * Julia Piera (born 1970), Spanish poet * Julia Jones Pugliese (1909–1993), American fencer and fencing coach * Julia Rais (born 1971), Malaysian film actress and princess * Julia Roberts (born 1967), American actress * Julia Sakara (born 1969), Zimbabwean middle-distance runner * Julia Sanderson (1888–1975), American actress and singer * Julia Sawalha (born 1968), British actress * Julia Schruff (born 1982), German retired tennis player * Julia Stiles (born 1981), American actress * Julia H. Scott (1809–1842), American poet * Julia Sude (born 1987), German beach volleyball player * Julia Sweeney (born 1959), American actor and comedian * Julia Vakulenko (born 1983), Ukrainian tennis player * Julia Rush Cutler Ward (1796–1824), American poet * Julia Wells (born 1935), English actress, singer and author better known as Julie Andrews * Julia Wilson (born 1978), Australian rower * Julia Winter (born 1993), Swedish-British actress * Julia A. Wood (1840–1927), American writer and composer * Julia Amanda Sargent Wood (pen name, Minnie Mary Lee; 1825–1903), American author * Julia McNair Wright (1840–1903), American writer * Julia Evelyn Ditto Young (1857–1915), American novelist and poet

Fictional characters

*Julia (Nineteen Eighty-Four), Julia (''Nineteen Eighty-Four''), a character in ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' by George Orwell *Julia (Rave Master), Julia (''Rave Master''), a character in manga series ''Rave Master'' *Julia (Sesame Street), Julia (''Sesame Street''), a character with autism in the children's television series ''Sesame Street'' *Julia, a character in ''The Ragwitch'' by Garth Nix *Julia, a character in William Shakespeare's play ''Two Gentlemen of Verona'' *List of Cowboy Bebop characters#Julia, Julia, a character in the anime series ''Cowboy Bebop'' *Julia Chang, character in the ''Tekken'' video game series *Julia "Jules" Cobb, a character played by Courteney Cox on the comedy series ''Cougar Town'' *Julia Crichton, the female protagonist in ''Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos'' *Julia Fernandez, a character from the manga and anime ''Beyblade G-Revolutions'' *Julie "Finn" Finlay, a character played by Elisabeth Shue in ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' *Julia Flyte, a character in ''Brideshead Revisited'' by Evelyn Waugh *Julia Graham, a character in the 2010 adaptation of ''Parenthood (2010 TV series), Parenthood'' *Julia Houston, a character played by Debra Messing on the TV series ''Smash (U.S. TV series), Smash'' *Julia McNamara, a character on the U.S. television series ''Nip/Tuck'' *Julia Sugarbaker, a character in the sitcom ''Designing Women'' *Donna Julia, a character in the poem "Don Juan" by Lord Byron *Julia Ogden, a character in the Canadian television series ''Murdoch Mysteries'' *Julia Argent, a character from the Netflix series, ''Carmen Sandiego (TV series)'' *Julia Baker, a character from the 1960's television series, ''Julia (American TV series)''

List of variants

*Džūlija, Jūlija (Latvian language, Latvian) *Gillian (English) *Giulia (Italian language, Italian) *Giuliana (Italian language, Italian) *Giulietta (Italian language, Italian) *Ίουλα, ''Íoula, Íula'' (Greek language, Greek) *Ιουλία, ''Ioulía, Iulía'' (Greek language, Greek) *Ιουλιέττα or Ιουλιέτα, ''Ioulietta/Ioulieta, Iulietta/Iulieta'' (Greek language, Greek) *Iuliana, Iouliana (Ιουλιάνα) (Greek language, Greek) *Iulianna, Ioulianna (Ιουλιάννα) (Greek language, Greek) *Iúile (Irish language, Irish) *Iulia (Bulgarian language, Bulgarian, Hawaiian language, Hawaiian, Romanian language, Romanian) *Iuliana (Romanian language, Romanian) *Jill (English) *Jillian (English) *Jovita (Spanish language, Spanish) *Jules (English) *Juli (Hungarian language, Hungarian) *Júlia (Catalan language, Catalan, Hungarian language, Hungarian, Portuguese language, Portuguese, Slovak language, Slovak) *Júlía (Icelandic language, Icelandic) *Juliana (Dutch language, Dutch, English, German language, German, Portuguese language, Portuguese, Spanish language, Spanish) *Juliane (French language, French, German language, German) *Julianna (English, Hungarian language, Hungarian, Polish language, Polish) *Julianne (English) *Julie (Czech language, Czech, Danish language, Danish, English, French language, French, Norwegian language, Norwegian) *Julienne (French language, French) *Julienna (French language, French) *Juliet (English) *Julia (Portuguese language, Portuguese, Spanish language, Spanish) *Julieta, Julietta (Spanish language, Spanish) *Juliette (French language, French) *Julija (Lithuanian language, Lithuanian, Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, Slovene language, Slovene) *Jūlija (Latvian language, Latvian) *Julijana (Slovene language, Slovene) *Julinka (Hungarian language, Hungarian) *Juliska (Hungarian language, Hungarian) *Julcia, Julka, Julia (Polish language, Polish) *Julitta (Dutch) *Juulia (Estonian language, Estonian, Finnish language, Finnish) *Uliana (Ульяна) (Russian language, Russian) *Ulyana (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian) *Xhulia (Albanian language, Albanian) *Xhuliana (Albanian) *Xulia (Galician language, Galician) *Xiana (Galician) *Yulia (Юлия) (Russian language, Russian) *Yulia, Yuliia (Юлія) (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian) *Yuliana (Bulgarian, Russian language, Russian) *Yuliya (Bulgarian, Russian language, Russian) *Julija (Macedonian language, Macedonian)

References

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