Julia
Julia is usually a feminine given name. It is a Latinate feminine form of the name Julio and Julius. The given name Julia had been in use throughout Late Antiquity 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.
Statistics
Julia was the 10th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007 and the 88th most popular name for females 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 fifth 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 British Columbia, Canada 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.People
Ancient world
- Julia :
- *Julia , first wife of Sulla
- *Julia
- *Julia
- *Julia Major
- *Julia Minor , maternal grandmother of Emperor Augustus
- *Julia
- *Livia Drusilla, also known as Julia Augusta, wife of Emperor Augustus
- *Julia the Elder, daughter of Emperor Augustus
- *Julia the Younger, daughter of Julia the Elder
- *Julia Livia, granddaughter of Emperor Tiberius
- *Julia Agrippina or Agrippina the Younger, daughter of the general Germanicus and fourth wife of Emperor Claudius
- *Julia Drusilla, daughter of Germanicus, sister of Caligula
- *Julia Livilla, daughter of Germanicus, youngest sister of Caligula
- *Julia Drusilla, daughter of Emperor Caligula
- Berenice , 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
- Julia Iotapa , Queen of Commagene
- Julia Iotapa , Queen of Cetis
- Julia Iotapa , Princess of Cilicia
- Julia Mamaea , second wife of Polemon II of Pontus
- Julia , Herodian Princess of Armenia
- Julia Agricola, daughter of general Gnaeus Julius Agricola and wife to historian Tacitus
- Julia Flavia, daughter of emperor Titus
- Julia Balbilla, poet and companion of Hadrian's wife Vibia Sabina
- Julia Tertulla, daughter of suffect consul Gaius Julius Cornutus Tertullus
- Julia Serviana Paulina, 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, empress and wife of Emperor Septimius Severus
- Julia Maesa, Domna's sister
- Julia Soaemias, daughter to Julia Maesa and mother of emperor Elagabalus
- Julia Avita Mamaea, Soaemias' sister and mother of emperor Alexander Severus
- Julia Severa or Severina, daughter of Emperor Philip the Arab
- One of the Martyrs of Zaragoza
- Julia of Mérida, martyr
- Julia of Corsica, virgin martyr
Modern world
- Julia , lady's maid of Queen Christina of Sweden in Rome, alleged clairvoyant and predictor
- Julia Alexandratou, Greek porn star, singer and model
- Júlia Almeida, Brazilian actress
- Julia A. Ames, American journalist, editor, temperance reformer
- Julia Arthur, Canadian-born stage and film actress
- Julia Barretto, Filipino actress
- Julia Bascom an American autism rights activist. She is the current President of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network
- Julie Billiart, French Catholic saint
- Julia Boutros, Lebanese singer
- Julia Boynton Green, American poet
- Julia Budd, Canadian martial artist
- Julia de Burgos, Puerto Rican poet
- Julia Carter Aldrich, American author
- Julia Child, American gourmet cook, author, and television personality
- Julia Clarete, Filipino singer-actress
- Julia Cohen, American tennis player
- Julia Colman, American educator, activist, editor, writer
- Julia Dean, stage actress
- Julia Dean, stage and film actress
- Julia Evelyn Ditto Young, American novelist, poet
- Julia C. R. Dorr, American author
- Julia Duffy, American actress
- Julia Duporty, Cuban sprinter
- Julia Fischer, German violinist
- Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney, American educator, poet
- Julia Gillard, Australian politician, Prime Minister
- Julia Glushko, Israeli tennis player
- Julia Goddard, British children's writer and animal welfare campaigner
- Julia Gordon, Canadian mathematician
- Julia Görges, German tennis player
- Julia Grant, wife of U.S. President Ulysses Grant
- Julia Haworth, British actress
- Julia Hütter, German pole vaulter
- Julia Irwin, Australian politician
- Julia Jones Pugliese, American national champion fencer and fencing coach
- Julia Klöckner, German politician
- Julia Lathrop, American social reformer
- Ursula Ledóchowska, Roman Catholic saint born Julia Ledóchowska
- Julia Lennon, mother of John Lennon
- Julia Lipnitskaya, Russian figure skater
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress, co-star of the TV series Seinfeld
- Julia Mancuso, American skier
- Julia Marlowe, English-born American actress known for her interpretations of William Shakespeare
- Julia McNair Wright, writer
- Julia Menéndez, Spanish field hockey defender
- Julia A. Moore, American poet
- Julia Morgan, American architect
- Julia Morton, American author and botanist
- Julia Murney, American actress and singer, best known for her role as Elphaba in Wicked
- Julia Nesheiwat, Arab-American US army soldier and advisor
- Julia Newmeyer, actress known as Julie Newmar who played Catwoman
- Julia Nyberg, Swedish poet
- Julia Ormond, British actress, star of the movie Legends of the Fall
- Julia Perez, known as "Jupe" Indonesian actress, singer, presenter, model, and comedian
- Julia Piera, Spanish poet
- Julia Phillips, film producer and author
- Julia Roberts, American actress
- Julia Sanderson, American actress and singer
- Julia Sakara, Zimbabwean middle distance runner
- Julia Sawalha, British actress
- Julia Schruff, Görges's German compatriot and tennis player
- Julia Stiles, American actress, star of the movie 10 Things I Hate about You
- Julia Sweeney, American actor and comedian
- Julia Swayne Gordon, American actress
- Julia Vakulenko, Ukrainian tennis player
- Julia Ward Howe, wrote poem that became the Battle Hymn of the Republic
- Julia Wells, actress known as Julie Andrews
- Julia Wheelock Freeman, American Civil War nurse
- Julia Wilson, Australian rower
- Julia Winter, Swedish-British actress
- Julia A. A. Wood, American author
Fictional characters
- Julia, a character in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
- Julia, a character in manga series Rave Master
- Julia, 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
- 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 '
- Julia Fernandez, a character from the manga and anime Beyblade G-Revolutions
- Julie "Finn" Finlay, a character played by Elisabeth Shue in '
- Julia Flyte, a character in Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
- Julia Graham, a character in the 2010 adaptation of Parenthood
- Julia Houston, a character played by Debra Messing on the 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
List of variants
- Džūlija, Jūlija
- Gillian
- Giulia
- Giuliana
- Giulietta
- Ίουλα, Íoula, Íula
- Ιουλία, Ioulía, Iulía
- Ιουλιέττα or Ιουλιέτα, Ioulietta/Ioulieta, Iulietta/Iulieta
- Iuliana, Iouliana
- Iulianna, Ioulianna
- Iúile
- Iulia
- Iuliana
- Jill
- Jillian
- Jovita
- Jules
- Juli
- Júlia
- Júlía
- Juliana
- Juliane
- Julianna
- Julianne
- Julie
- Julienne
- Julienna
- Juliet
- Julia
- Julietta
- Juliette
- Julija
- Jūlija
- Julijana
- Julinka
- Juliska
- Julcia/Julka/Julia
- Julitta
- Juulia
- Uliana
- Ulyana
- Xhulia
- Xhuliana
- Xulia
- Xiana
- Yulia
- Yulia
- Yuliana
- Yuliya
- Julija