Dictionary

Julia en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈd͡ʒuːli.ə/
• /ˈd͡ʒu.ljə/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Latin Iūlia, feminine form of the Roman gens name Iūlius. Further popularized by early Christian saints. Doublet of Julie.

Meanings

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • In an order issued Tuesday evening in the ongoing lawsuit Orr v. Trump, Massachusetts District Judge Julia Kobick expanded the preliminary injunction she issued in April, which required the State Department to issue passports that match the plaintiffs’ gender identities. 2025 June 18, Samantha Riedel, “In Trans Legal Victory, Federal Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Denying Passport Gender Changes”, in Them:
   • "Julia!" when alone he would exclaim; "what a sweet sounding and romantic name: Julia! what music and magic in its sound! 'tis a name worthy only the fairest and purest of creation! 1826 The New-York Literary Gazette and American Athenaeum, July 8, 1826, J.G.Brooks&G.Bond, page 216
   • "Why did you name her Julia?" Amy asked, letting the orange ice cream melt down the backs of her hands. "Because it sounds dignified." 2000, Luanne Rice, Follow the Stars Home, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 93:
   • “Why, I mean,” I replied, recoiling, “I mean—in short—that—in other words—I didn't know your name was Julia.” 1864, Harper's Magazine:
   • Salute Philologus & Iulia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the Saints which are with them. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 16:15:
2. 89 Julia, a main belt asteroid; named for Saint Julia of Corsica.
3. A village in central Poland.
4. A French surname.
5. A programming language suited for numerical analysis and scientific computing.
   • And then came Julia, a general purpose programming language designed according to the requirements of scientific and technical computing, providing performance comparable to C/C++, and with an environment productive enough for prototyping like the high-level dynamic language of Python. 2016, Anshul Joshi, Julia for Data Science, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 8:

Forms

Relateds

Julie · Gill · Jill · Jilly · Juliana · Jillian · Gillian · Juliet · Juliette

Translations (42)

el Ιουλία (female given name) · hi जूलिया (female given name) · he יוּלִי (female given name) · ru Ю́лия (female given name) · ca Júlia (female given name) · da Julie (female given name) · es Julia (female given name) · la Iūlia (female given name) · gl Xulia (female given name) · haw Kulia (female given name) · ia Julia (female given name) · ko 줄리아 (female given name) · scn Julia (female given name) · fi Julia (female given name) · scn Giulia (female given name) · sh Džulija (female given name) · bg Джу́лия (female given name) · sv Julia (female given name) · de Julia (female given name) · no Julie (female given name) · fa جولیا (female given name) · ru Джу́лия (female given name) · mk Џу́лија (female given name) · sh Џулија (female given name) · it Giulia (female given name) · fr Julie (female given name) · nl Julie (female given name) · uk Ю́лія (female given name) · pl Julia (female given name) · uk Джу́лія (female given name) · pt Júlia (female given name) · be Джу́лія (female given name) · he יוּלְיָה (female given name) · be Ю́лія (female given name) · ar جُولْيَا (female given name) · cmn 朱莉婭 /朱莉娅 (female given name) · bg Ю́лия (female given name) · el Τζούλια (female given name) · lv Jūlija (female given name) · cs Julie (female given name) · ja ジュリア (female given name) · ro Iulia (female given name)