Julian

See also Julián, and jùliǎn

English

Proper noun

Julian

1. The Roman emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus or Julian the Apostate.
2. A male given name derived, via Julianus from Julius
3. A female given name derived from Juliana. It was popular in medieval England but today mostly appears in the form Gillian.

Related terms

• Julianna
• Julianne

Quotations

• 1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue:

  An housholdere, and that a greet, was he; / Seint Julian was he in his contree. / His breed, his ale, was alweys after oon, / A bettre envyned man was nowher noon.

• 1813 George Crabbe, Tracy, Poems by George Crabbe, Adolphus William Ward,The University Press (1907), page 455:

  "I'll give the Boy a Name you must approve: / He shall be Julian!" "An heroic Name / Of some old fool!" said the indignant Dame. / "Fool!" said the Husband; "nay, a glorious Prince; / Nor have Mankind beheld his equal since, / He the whole World from Superstition Free'd / And left the Bigots neither Cross or Creed.

• 1968 Robin Maugham, The Second Window, McGraw - Hill, page 275:

  I was hoping the man would have some romantic name like Sebastian or Julian. However, as a surname Fletcher's all right.

Translations

male given name

Basque: Julen (eu) Danish: Julian (da) Dutch: Julian (nl) French: Julien (fr) m. German: Julian (de)

Greek: Ιουλιανός (el) (Ioulianós) m. Italian: Giuliano (it) Norwegian: Julian (no) Portuguese: Julião (pt), Juliano (pt) Spanish: Julián (es)

Adjective

Julian

1. of, or relating to Julius Caesar

Derived terms

• Julian calendar
• Julian epoch
• Julian year

External links

• Julian the Apostate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Julian the Apostate

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Danish

Proper noun

Julian

1. A male given name derived from Latin Julianus.

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Finnish

Proper noun

Julian

1. Genitive singular form of Julia.

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German

Proper noun

Julian

1. A male given name derived from Latin Julianus.

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Julian

1. A male given name derived from Latin Julianus.