Julia

English

Etymology

Latin Iūlia, feminine form of the Roman gens name Iūlius.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːliə

Proper noun

Julia

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Gillian, Gill, Jill, Jillian, Juliana, Jilly, Julie, Juliet, Juliette.

Usage notes

In Ireland it is common for a girl named Julia to be referred to informally as Sheila.

Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Romans 16:15:

  Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them.

• 1826 The New-York Literary Gazette and American Athenaeum, July 8, 1826, J.G.Brooks&G.Bond, page 216:

  "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!

• 2000 Luanne Rice, Follow the Stars Home, Bantam Books, ISBN 055311073X, page 93:

  "Why did you name her Julia?" Amy asked, letting the orange ice cream melt down the backs of her hands.

  "Because it sounds dignified."

Translations

female given name

Arabic: جوليا (ar) (juulya) f. Belarusian: Юлія (be) (Júlija) f. (cognate), Джулія (be) (Džúlija) f. (transliteration) Bulgarian: Джулия (bg) (Džúlija) f. (transliteration) Chinese: Mandarin: 茱莉雅 (cmn) (Zhūlìyǎ) Czech: Julie (cs) Danish: Julie (da) Finnish: Julia (fi) French: Julie (fr) German: Julia (de) Greek: Ιουλία (el) (Ioulía) f. Hawaiian: Kulia Interlingua: Julia Italian: Giulia (it) Japanese: ジュリア (ja) (Juria)

Korean: 줄리아 (ko) (Jullia) Latvian: Jūlija (lv) f. Macedonian: Џулија (mk) (Džúlija) f. (transliteration) Norwegian: Julie (no) Persian: جولیا (fa) (Juliâ) Polish: Julia (pl) Portuguese: Júlia Romanian: Iulia (ro) Russian: Юлия (ru) (Júlija) f. (cognate), Джулия (ru) (Džúlija) f. (transliteration) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Џулија (sh) (Džulija) f. (transliteration) Spanish: Julia (es) Swedish: Julia (sv) Ukrainian: Юлія (uk) (Júlija) f. (cognate), Джулія (uk) (Džúlija) f. (transliteration)

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Esperanto: Juliino

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Danish

Proper noun

Julia

1. A female given name of Latin origin, more popular in the form Julie.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈjuliɑ], sometimes also IPA: [ˈjuːliɑ]
• Hyphenation: Ju‧li‧a

Proper noun

Julia

1. A female given name of Latin origin.
2. Juliet, the lover of Romeo.

Declension

Declension of Julia (type kulkija) singular plural nominative Julia Juliat genitive Julian Julioiden Julioitten Juliain1 partitive Juliaa Julioita accusative Julia Julian Juliat inessive Juliassa Julioissa elative Juliasta Julioista illative Juliaan Julioihin adessive Julialla Julioilla ablative Julialta Julioilta allative Julialle Julioille essive Juliana Julioina translative Juliaksi Julioiksi instructive – Julioin abessive Juliatta Julioitta comitative – Julioineen 1) Rare.

Related terms

• Juuli
• Juulia

Anagrams

• lujia

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French

Etymology

From Latin Iulia. A Latinate variant of Julie.

Proper noun

Julia (f)

1. A female given name.

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German

Proper noun

Julia

1. A female given name of Latin origin.
2. Juliet, the lover of Romeo.

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Julia

1. A female given name, a less common form of Julie.

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Polish

Proper noun

Julia f.

1. A female given name of Latin origin.
2. Juliet, the lover of Romeo.

Declension

    declension of Julia

	singular	plural
nominative	Julia	Julie
genitive	Julii	Julii
dative	Julii	Juliom
accusative	Julię	Julie
instrumental	Julią	Juliami
locative	Julii	Juliach
vocative	Julio	Julie

Related terms

• popular informal forms: Julka, Juleńka, Julisia, Juleczka and Jula. The last form is very popular in Eastern Europe region and western Russia.

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Spanish

Etymology

Of Latin origin.

Proper noun

Julia (f)

1. A female given name

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Swedish

Proper noun

Julia

1. A female given name of Latin origin.
2. Juliet, the lover of Romeo.