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first name which originally comes from the

'' Julia'', itself derived from the

'' Julius'', which is believed to either stem from or . It can be a pet form of Julia, Yulie, or

Juliette Juliette is a feminine personal name of French language, French origin. It is a diminutive of Julie (given name), Julie. People * Juliette Adam (1836–1936), née Lamber, French author and feminist * Juliette Atkinson (1873–1944), American ten ...

Popularity

Julie has perpetually been one of the most popular female names used in the United States. According to the United States'

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, Julie was consistently in the top one-hundred registered female names in the forty years between 1951 and 1991; peaking at 10 in 1971.''United States Social Security Administration's statistics on babynames''
Search term: ''Julie''. Retrieved 25 April 2007. ''Julie'' has also been a popular given name in some European countries. The name was the fourth most popular female name in Belgium in 2005Statistics Belgium
Voornamen van jongens en meisjes – België, Vlaanderen, Wallonië en Brussel
Retrieved April 25, 2007. and ninth most popular in Denmark in the first half of 2005.Statistics Denmark. (January 13, 2006)
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Retrieved April 25, 2007. In France, the name was only mildly popular in the beginning of the 20th century and its usage nearly disappeared between 1940 and 1970. It then suddenly soared to previously unknown heights, reaching its peak in 1987 when 9,908 Julies were born. It was the 17th most popular name in 2006. Julie may be given to males as well, though mostly as a second or third given name. In 2006, 204 Frenchmen had Julie among their given names.females
http://www.meilleursprenoms.com/stats/histogram.php3?recherche=julie&sexe=1 males] .

History

The first appearance of Julie in a popular non-French literary work occurred in Swedish playwright

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's 1888 tragedy '' Miss Julie'', which became one of the most widely performed plays in the English-speaking world.

People

Given name

Julie Adams Julie Adams (born Betty May Adams; October 17, 1926 – February 3, 2019) was an American actress, billed as Julia Adams in her early career, primarily known for her numerous television guest roles. She starred in a number of films in the 1 ...

(1926–2019), American actress * Julie Raque Adams (born 1969), American politician *

Julie Andrews Dame Julie Andrews (born Julia Elizabeth Wells; 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, and author. She has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over eight decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Fi ...

(born 1935), English actress, singer, director and author *

Julie Benz Julie Benz (born May 1, 1972) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Darla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Darla on ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and ''Angel (1999 TV series), Angel'' (1997–2004), and as Rita Bennett on ''Dexter (TV s ...

(born 1972), American actress * Julie Bergan (born 1994), Norwegian singer-songwriter * Julie Bergner, American mathematician * Saint

Julie Billiart Julie Billiart, SNDdeN (12 July 1751 – 8 April 1816) was a Catholic Church in France, French Catholic nun, educator, and cofounder of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. She was born in Cuvilly, a village in Picardy, in northern France. She ...

(1751–1816), French nun * Julie Bindel (born 1962), British feminist *

Julie Bishop Julie Isabel Bishop (born 17 July 1956) is an Australian former politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia), Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2018 and Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia#Federal deputy leader ...

(born 1956), Australian politician * Julie Bishop (actress) (1914–2001), American actress *

Julie Blanchette Julie Blanchette (born January 9, 1977, in Montreal, Quebec) is an elite level Canadian ringette player who has also worked as a trainer and coach and served as the captain of several ringette teams including Team Canada. Blanchette plays for th ...

(born 1986), Canadian ringette player *

Julie Bowen Julie Bowen (born Julie Bowen Luetkemeyer; March 3, 1970) is an American actress. She starred as Claire Dunphy in the ABC sitcom '' Modern Family'' (2009–2020), for which she received widespread critical acclaim. She won the Primetime Emmy A ...

(born 1970), American actress *

Julie Burchill Julie Burchill (born 3 July 1959) is an English writer. Beginning as a staff writer at the ''New Musical Express'' at the age of 17, she has since contributed to newspapers such as ''The Daily Telegraph'', ''The Sunday Times'' and ''The Guardi ...

(born 1959), English writer and columnist *

Julie Buring Julie Elizabeth Buring is an American epidemiologist and professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Biography Buring works with Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital. She is a professor in the epidemiology dep ...

, American epidemiologist *

Julie Chen Julie may refer to: * Julie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the name Film and television * Julie (1956 film), ''Julie'' (1956 film), an American film noir starring Doris Day * Julie (1975 film), ''Julie'' (1975 film) ...

(born 1970), American television news anchor and producer *

Julie Christie Julie Frances Christie (born 14 April 1940) is a British actress. Christie's accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has appeared in six films ranked in the British Film Institu ...

(born 1941), British actress *

Julie Chu Julie Wu Chu (born March 13, 1982) is an American-Canadian former Olympic ice hockey player who played forward on the United States women's ice hockey team and defense with Les Canadiennes of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). She won ...

(born 1982), American ice hockey player *

Julie Clarke __NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1991. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. January Stacy Leigh Arthur (June 4, 1968 – April 5, 2019, in Naperville, Illinois) was an Am ...

(born 1971), American model and actress *

Julie Coin Julie Coin (; born 2 December 1982) is a retired French tennis player. Coin recorded the biggest win of her career by defeating the then- world No. 1 ranked Ana Ivanovic at the 2008 US Open. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 60, ...

(born 1982), French tennis player *

Julie Cournoyer Julie Cournoyer (born 1970 or 1971) is a Canadian visually impaired former para-cyclist who competed in the Paralympic Games and the IPC Cycling World Championships. She won two gold medals at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States ...

(born 1970 or 1971), Canadian para-cyclist * Julie Czerneda (born 1955), Canadian author * Julie C. Dao, American author *

Julie Dash Julie Ethel Dash (born October 22, 1952) is an American filmmaker, music video and commercial director, author, and website producer. Dash received her Master of Fine Arts, MFA in 1985 at the UCLA Film School and is one of the graduates and filmm ...

(born 1952), American film director * Julie d'Aubigny (1670–1707), French opera singer, Mademoiselle Maupin * Julie Dawn (1920–2000), English singer * Julie Dawn Cole (born 1955), English actress * Julie Mathilde Morrow Deforest (1882–1979), American impressionist painter * Julie Delpy (born 1969), French-American actress, director, screenwriter and singer-songwriter * Julie Diana, American ballet dancer, teacher, writer and arts administrator * Julie Dickson, Canadian public servant * Julie Ditty (born 1979), American tennis player * Julie Doiron, Canadian musician * Julie Dore (born 1960), British politician * Julie Dorsey, American computer scientist * Julie Dzerowicz, Canadian politician * Julie Nixon Eisenhower (born 1948), American author, daughter of former President Richard Nixon * Julie Feeney, Irish singer and composer * Julie Fernandez-Fernandez (born 1972), Belgian politician * Julie Forss (born 1998), Finnish footballer *

Julie Foudy Julie Maurine Foudy ( ; born January 23, 1971) is an American retired soccer midfielder, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist. She played for the United States women's national soccer team from 1988 to 2004 ...

(born 1971), American soccer player *

Julie Fowlis Julie Fowlis (born 20 June 1979) is a Scottish folk singer and multi-instrumentalist who sings primarily in Scottish Gaelic. Early life Fowlis was born and grew up on North Uist, an island in the Outer Hebrides, in a Gàidhealtachd, Gaelic-s ...

, Scottish singer and composer * Julie Frost, American songwriter, singer, guitarist and record producer *

Julie Goodyear Julie Goodyear (' Kemp; born 29 March 1942) is an English retired actress. She is known for portraying Bet Lynch in the long-running ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. She first appeared as Bet for nine episodes in 1966, before becoming a ...

(born 1942), English actress *

Julie Halard-Decugis Julie Halard-Decugis (born 10 September 1970) is a French former professional tennis player. Tennis career Halard-Decugis lived in La Baule, France, during the initial stages of her career and later moved to Pully, Switzerland. She turned profe ...

(born 1970), French tennis player * Julie Harris (1925–2013), American actress * Julie Heldman (born 1945), American tennis player * Julie Hilling (born 1959), British politician * Julie Holland (born 1965), American psycho-pharmacologist, psychiatrist, and author * Julie Howe, California screenwriter * Julie Ivy, American health care statistician *

Julie Kavner Julie Deborah Kavner (born September 7, 1950) is an American actress. Before becoming well known for her voice role as Marge Simpson on the animated television series ''The Simpsons'', Kavner attracted notice for her role as Brenda Morgenstern, ...

(born 1950), American actress * Julie Kenny (1957–2025), English businesswoman * Julie Kent (born 1969), American ballet dancer * Julie Klausner (born 1978), American writer, comedian, actress, and podcaster * Julie Lemieux (born 1962), Canadian voice actress * Julie Lemieux (politician), Canadian politician *

Julie London Julie London (born Julie Peck; September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000) was an American singer and actress whose career spanned more than 40 years. A torch song, torch singer noted for her contralto voice, London recorded over thirty album ...

(1926–2000), American singer and actress * Julie V. Lund (born 1959), American judge * Julie Mayberry, American politician * Julie McNiven (born 1980), American actress * Julie Mennell (born 1970), English academic * Julie Mond, American actress * Julie Morstad, Canadian writer and illustrator *

Julie Newmar Julie Newmar (born Julia Chalene Newmeyer; August 16, 1933) is an American actress, dancer, and singer known for a variety of stage, screen, and television roles. She is also a writer, lingerie designer, and real estate Business magnate, mogul. ...

(born 1933), American actress, dancer and singer * Julie Owono (born c. 1987), French and Cameroonian lawyer *

Julie Payette Julie Payette (; born October 20, 1963) is a Canadian engineer, scientist and former astronaut who served from 2017 to 2021 as Governor General of Canada, the List of governors general of Canada, 29th since Canadian Confederation. Payette holds ...

(born 1963), Canadian astronaut and engineer *

Julie Powell Julie Anne Powell (; April 20, 1973 – October 26, 2022) was an American author known for her 2005 book ''Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen'' which was based on her blog, the Julie/Julia Project. A film adaptation b ...

(1973–2022), American author * Julie Pullin (born 1975), British tennis player * Julie Rayne, English singer *

Julie Reeves Julie Reeves (born June 18, 1974) is an American country music recording artist and radio personality. She has had three hit singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart with two of those singles charting in the Top 40. Reeves was form ...

(born 1974), American country singer-songwriter * Julie Reuben (born 1960), American historian * Julie Roberts (born 1979), American country singer-songwriter * Julie Roberts (artist) (born 1963), Welsh painter * Julie Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Julie Roginsky (born 1973), American political strategist and television commentator * Julie Rosen (born 1957), American politician * Julie Rrap (born 1950), Australian artist * Julie Rubio (born 1969), American film producer and director * Julie Salamon (born 1953), American journalist and author * Julie Salinger (1863–1942), German politician *

Julie Salmon Julie Salmon (born 8 July 1965) is a British former international tennis player. She competed in the Fed Cup a number of times, from 1988 to 1993.Julie Anne San Jose (born 1994), Filipino actress and singer * Julie Sanders, British academic * Julie Sandstede, American politician * Julie Saunders (bowls), English bowls player * Julie Seitter, American voice actress * Julie Shigekuni (born 1962), American writer * Julie Smith (disambiguation), multiple people *

Julie Sommars Julie Sommars (born April 15, 1940) is an American actress. She won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for her role in '' The Governor & J.J.'' in 1970, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for ...

(born 1940), American actress * Julie Spira, American relationship counselor and writer * Julie Stevens (disambiguation), multiple people *

Julie Stewart Julie Anne Stewart (born 1967) is a Canadian stage, film, television and voice actress, and director. She is most commonly known for her role as Sgt. Ali McCormick from the CTV television series '' Cold Squad''. Life Stewart was born in Kingsto ...

(born 1967), Canadian actress and television director * Julie Stewart-Binks (born 1987), Canadian television sports journalist * Julie Strain (born 1962), American actress and model * Julie Talma (1756–1805), French dancer and courtesan * Julie Tan (born 1992), Malaysian actress *

Julie Taymor Julie Taymor (born December 15, 1952) is an American director and writer of theater, opera, and film. Her stage adaptation of ''The Lion King (musical), The Lion King'' debuted in 1997 and received eleven Tony Awards, Tony Award nominations, with ...

(born 1952), American director of theatre, opera and film * Julie Theriot (born 1967), American microbiologist * Julie Thomas (born 1967), Welsh lawn bowler * Julie Thomas, first Chief Minister of Saint Helena * Julie Todaro, American librarian *

Julie Tolentino Julie Tolentino is a visual and performance artist, dancer, and choreographer. Her work is influenced from an array of visual, archival, and movement strategies. Life Tolentino was born in San Francisco to a Filipino/Salvadoran family. She began ...

, American dancer and choreographer * Julie Tremble, Canadian experimental filmmaker * Julie Tristan, American television journalist * Julie Underwood, American education school dean * Julie Umerle, American-born British painter * Julie Van Espen (1996–2019), Belgian homicide victim * Julie VanOrden, American politician *

Julie Vargas Julie Skinner Vargas (born 1938) is an American educator who has written extensively on the science of behavior. Vargas is the daughter of B.F. Skinner and is the president of the B. F. Skinner Foundation, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is an ...

(born 1938), American educator * Julie Vega (1968–1985), Filipina child actress * Julie Verhoeven (born 1969), British illustrator and designer * Julie Vinter Hansen (1890–1960), Dutch astronomer * Julie Vlasto (1903–1985), French tennis player * Julie Vollertsen (born 1959), American volleyball player * Julie Marie Wade (born 1979), American writer and professor * Julie Wainwright, American business executive * Julie T. Wallace (born 1961), English actress *

Julie Walters Dame Julia Mary Walters (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Julie Walters, is an English actress. She is the recipient of four British Academy Television Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two International Emmy Awards, a Go ...

(born 1950), English actress and novelist *

Julie Ward (judge) Julie Kathryn Ward is the President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal within the Supreme Court of New South Wales, the highest court in the State of New South Wales, Australia. Education Ward studied French and Law at the University of ...

, Australian judge * Julie Ward (politician) (born 1957), British politician * Julie Warner (born 1965), American actress * Julie White (born 1967), British businesswoman * Julie Willis, Australian architectural historian * Julie Wilson (1924–2015), American singer and actress * Julie Wolfthorn (1864–1944), German painter * Julie Yorn (born 1967), American film producer * Julie Zahra (born 1982), Maltese singer * Julie Zeilinger (born 1993), American feminist writer * Julie Zenatti (born 1981), French singer and television personality * Julie Zetlin (born 1990), American rhythmic gymnast * Julie Zhuo, Chinese-American computer scientist * Julie Zickefoose (born 1958), American biologist and nature writer * Julie Zogg (born 1992), Swiss snowboarder * Julie Zwarthoed (born 1994), Dutch ice hockey player * Julie Zwillich (born 1969), American-Canadian actress and television personality

Nickname

* Jules Julie Archoska (1905–1972), American football player * Julius La Rosa (1930–2016), American pop music singer * Julius J. Radice (1908–1966), American athlete and physician *

Julius Schwartz Julius "Julie" Schwartz ( ; June 19, 1915 – February 8, 2004) was an American comic book editor, and a science fiction agent. He was born in The Bronx, New York. He is best known as a longtime editor at DC Comics, where at various times he ...

(1915–2004), American comics editor * Julius Seligson (1909–1987), American tennis player

Mononyms

* Julie (

Julie Berthelsen Julie Ivalo Broberg Berthelsen also known by her mononym Julie (born 7 June 1979) is a Danish-born Greenlandic pop singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known largely for her success on the TV series ''Popstars''. Although she finished in sec ...

), Danish pop singer and songwriter * Julie (

Kenji Sawada is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and actor, best known for being the vocalist for the Japanese rock band The Tigers. Nicknamed because of his self-professed adoration of Julie Andrews, he was born in Tsunoi, Iwami (now part of Totto ...

), Japanese pop singer, composer and actor * Julie (), a Chinese pop singer and songwriter who developed in Japan and largely sings in Japanese. Her name is also often stylized as Ju!ie in English

Fictional characters

* Julie, one of the Season 2 and 3 kids of ''

Barney & Friends ''Barney & Friends'' is an American children's television series created by Sheryl Leach targeted at children ages two to five. The flagship production of the ''Barney'' franchise, it originally aired on PBS under the PBS Kids brand from Ap ...

'' * Julie, a character in the 2007 British black comedy TV movie ''

Dead Clever ''Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley'' is a British black comedy film, first screened on ITV on New Year's Day, 2007. Directed by Dearbhla Walsh and written by Sally Wainwright, it stars Suranne Jones, Helen Baxendale and De ...

'' * Julie, a character in NBC sitcom ''

Friends ''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane (producer), David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting List of Friends episodes, ten seasons. With an ensemble cast ...

'' and one of Ross's girlfriends throughout the show * Julie, a character in 1993 action/martial arts movie '' Showdown'' * Julie Albright, title character of the book series in the ''

American Girl American Girl is an American line of dolls released on May 5, 1986, by Pleasant Company. The dolls portray eight- to fourteen-year-old girls of various ethnicities, faiths, nationalities, and social classes throughout different time periods ...

'' collection * Julie the Flamingo, a female

Greater Flamingo The greater flamingo (''Phoenicopterus roseus'') is the most widespread and largest species of the flamingo family. Common in the Old World, they are found in Northern (coastal) and Sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian Subcontinent (south of the Him ...

from ''

Jim Henson's Animal Show ''Jim Henson's Animal Show'' is an American children's television series from the Jim Henson Company that aired from October 3, 1994, to June 28, 1998. The show premiered as part of '' The Fox Cubhouse'' for its first two seasons. The show late ...

'' * Julie Hinikawa, the main antagonist of '' Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi'' * Julie Maurice, the French name for Penny Morris, a main character in the animated series ''

Fireman Sam ''Fireman Sam'' () is a British animated children's television series about a fireman named Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other residents in the fictional Welsh rural village of Pontypandy (a portmanteau of two real towns, Pontypridd and T ...

'' * Julie Molina, the main character of '' Julie and the Phantoms'' *

Julie Powers This article is a list of fictional characters in the comic book series ''Scott Pilgrim'' by Bryan Lee O'Malley, its film adaptation ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'', its video game adaptation ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game'', and its ani ...

, a character in ''

Scott Pilgrim ''Scott Pilgrim'' is a series of graphic novels by Canadian author and comic book artist Bryan Lee O'Malley. The original edition of the series consists of six digest size black-and-white volumes, released between August 2004 and July 2010, by P ...

'' * Julie Richman, the titular main character of '' Valley Girl (1983 film)'' * Julie Smith, a minor character in the animated series ''

The Powerpuff Girls ''The Powerpuff Girls'' is an American Superhero fiction, superhero animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken and produced by Hanna-Barbera (later Cartoon Network Studios) for Cartoon Network. The show centers on Blossom ...

'' * Julie Tournier, one the main titular character in the 1990s animated show '' The Twins of Destiny'' * The Julies, two inmates, Julie Johnston and Julie Saunders, in the ITV television series '' Bad Girls''

Alternative spellings and translations

* Julia (

), ( English), (

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), ( Polish), ( Bulgarian), (

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

) *Julie (

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...

), ( Danish), ( English), ( French), ( Norwegian) * Giulia (

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

) *Ioulia (Ιουλία) (

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

) * Iulia (

), ( Romanian) *Iúile ( Irish) *Jorna ( Swedish) *Júlia ( Catalan), ( Hungarian), ( Portuguese) * Juli ( English) *Juliino (

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) *July ( English) *Juulia ( Finnish) * Juri ( Japanese) * Yula, Yuliya ( Assyrian) * Yulia, Yulya, Yuliya (

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

), ( Ukrainian) *Yulie (

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)

Rare spellings

*Jully, the given name of Canadian singer Jully Black *Jewellee *Jewelia * Julee *Juli