Julia as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Julia

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The baby name Julia is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdʒuːliə/ (JOO-lee-ə).

Julia is Latin in Origin.

Gender: Female

Syllables: 3.0

Origin: Latin

Pronunciation: /ˈdʒuːliə/ (JOO-lee-ə)

What is the meaning of the name Julia ?

The baby name Julia is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdʒuːliə/ (JOO-lee-ə).

Julia is Latin in Origin.

Julia is the English and international form of Latin Iulia, the feminine of Julius, the Roman family name borne by the gens Iulia, to which Julius Caesar belonged. The etymology is linked to Iulus (the son of Aeneas) or Latin ioulos “downy, soft hair,” yielding the senses “youthful” or “soft-haired.”

As a praenomen and family name in antiquity, Julia appears across inscriptions of the Roman Empire and took root in Christian tradition through several martyrs and saints (notably St. Julia of Corsica). In medieval Europe, Juliana/Julianne overshadowed it; the simple Julia reappeared with Renaissance classicism and gained steady English usage by the 18th century, later enjoying modern popularity in Europe and the Americas. International variants include Giulia (Italian), Julie (French, Danish, Norwegian), Júlia (Portuguese, Catalan, Hungarian, Slovak), Yulia/Iuliya (Russian, Ukrainian), Iulia (Romanian), Xulia (Galician), and Julija (Croatian, Slovene, Serbian), with related or diminutive forms Juliet, Juliette, Julita, and Giulietta.

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Julia – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country	Gender	Year	Rank	Born	of
Ireland	Girls	2025	#1	—	874
Germany	Girls	2025	#1	—	411
NL	Girls	2014	#3	608	73
KH	Girls	0	#6	1	148
Germany		0	#7	2,274	2,542
EE	Girls	0	#7	445	1,888
Austria		0	#8	710	850
Germany	Girls	0	#8	19,286	4,949
KR		0	#8	1	201
EE		0	#9	35	1,051
FJ	Girls	0	#9	1	583
NA	Girls	0	#9	708	7,146
Austria	Girls	0	#12	5,071	1,885
France	Girls	2021	#13	2,212	3,185
KR	Girls	0	#14	2	572
RU	Girls	0	#14	14,155	11,913
NA		0	#16	18	2,537
RU		0	#17	720	3,641
SV	Girls	0	#17	2	458
Belgium	Girls	2024	#18	243	424
BW		0	#18	2	960
HT	Girls	0	#21	3	950
HN		0	#22	1	704
Sweden	Girls	2022	#26	321	1,568
PE	Girls	0	#27	11,431	14,861
CY	Girls	0	#30	134	3,755
BN		0	#31	2	2,297
BR	Girls	0	#31	10,887	12,708
HN	Girls	0	#31	8	884
MV	Girls	0	#31	5	2,021
TM	Girls	0	#31	5	574
BO	Girls	0	#32	3,860	9,488
Switzerland	Girls	2024	#33	141	1,786
MT		0	#34	10	1,767
ID		0	#35	5	2,238
Austria	Girls	2024	#37	196	60
AO	Girls	0	#38	262	4,575
PL	Girls	0	#41	9,115	5,096
BW	Girls	0	#42	123	4,216
CY		0	#42	18	1,632
Spain	Girls	0	#42	17,765	5,561
MO		0	#45	8	2,706
Canada	Girls	2024	#47	431	2,795
AO		0	#48	29	2,729
Iceland	Girls	0	#49	14	132
ZA	Girls	0	#50	7,005	25,928
BN	Girls	0	#51	57	5,459
HN	Boys	0	#51	2	749
LU		0	#51	16	2,830
TW		0	#51	50	4,523
PR		0	#52	4	1,497
CN		0	#55	31	3,857
Finland	Girls	0	#55	2,351	1,368
CM		0	#56	1	2,592
MT	Girls	0	#58	101	3,773
Finland	Girls	2026	#61	10,201	3,895
KZ		0	#61	31	1,452
BG		0	#62	19	1,799
ID	Girls	0	#63	36	3,319
Norway	Girls	2025	#64	71	453
BG	Girls	0	#64	225	3,559
TW	Girls	0	#65	310	8,139
JP		0	#66	12	4,057
MD	Girls	0	#71	20	865
AL		0	#72	5	2,372
PL		0	#72	399	2,600
LU	Girls	0	#74	131	4,850
NL	Girls	0	#76	4,482	5,933
PR	Girls	0	#76	97	3,171
SI		0	#77	4	1,612
GT	Girls	0	#78	1,131	7,500
PH		0	#79	18	5,607
GR	Girls	0	#82	210	6,293
QA		0	#84	17	7,011
LT		0	#85	4	949
JM		0	#86	8	3,714
BR		0	#87	433	5,969
Finland		0	#87	460	830
AR	Girls	0	#89	2,224	8,289
BO		0	#89	470	6,868
KZ	Girls	0	#89	536	5,862
EC		0	#90	26	2,502
CN	Girls	0	#92	450	8,829
CL	Girls	0	#93	5,085	14,098
GE	Girls	0	#93	12	1,564
MY	Girls	0	#93	3,151	24,821
HU		0	#95	20	1,675
Spain		0	#99	787	2,326
SD		0	#99	4	2,130
MU	Girls	0	#101	365	8,539
UY	Girls	0	#101	1,250	6,731
PT	Girls	0	#102	1,323	7,952
PA	Girls	0	#103	740	9,861
EC	Girls	0	#104	166	3,650
GR		0	#107	28	3,911
HU	Girls	0	#107	175	3,308
PA		0	#110	21	3,797
MU		0	#112	25	3,613
OM		0	#113	9	6,215
KW		0	#114	8	5,216
United States	Girls	2024	#115	2,359	8,487
AR		0	#115	73	2,915
MX	Girls	0	#115	8,281	17,781
CR		0	#119	40	5,526
RS	Girls	0	#123	13	1,651
SG	Girls	0	#125	923	18,916
DK	Girls	0	#127	275	7,429
JP	Girls	0	#128	133	6,592
CR	Girls	0	#130	822	11,342
LT	Girls	0	#131	69	1,904
IQ		0	#133	1	3,533
AE		0	#134	44	10,220
JO		0	#136	5	2,158
NL		0	#136	323	2,481
BN	Boys	0	#139	1	6,332
IL	Girls	0	#139	1,055	11,648
GT		0	#145	198	5,948
DK		0	#147	59	5,198
PE		0	#147	189	6,350
UY		0	#149	29	2,477
BW	Boys	0	#151	4	4,685
LT	Boys	0	#151	1	2,166
SI	Girls	0	#151	24	2,769
PS	Girls	0	#152	684	10,981
CZ	Girls	0	#156	285	5,378
CZ		0	#158	28	3,154
MO	Girls	0	#160	94	7,056
CO	Girls	0	#164	5,516	16,140
PS		0	#164	55	5,692
MY		0	#167	175	12,352
SG		0	#169	104	11,010
JM	Girls	0	#170	93	7,507
PH	Girls	0	#171	250	13,098
HR		0	#173	9	2,081
SD	Girls	0	#173	206	7,678
HU	Boys	0	#174	1	3,954
PT		0	#175	74	4,161
AL	Girls	0	#177	46	4,141
PR	Boys	0	#177	2	2,508
QA	Girls	0	#184	134	15,378
IL		0	#186	91	6,291
AE	Girls	0	#193	421	20,968
ZA		0	#201	256	14,421
IR		0	#208	22	4,221
NA	Boys	0	#215	21	6,830
BD		0	#217	11	5,992
BG	Boys	0	#218	3	3,850
LU	Boys	0	#220	1	4,970
HK	Girls	0	#226	627	16,104
GH		0	#231	13	5,396
MO	Boys	0	#232	3	5,842
MX		0	#233	195	8,339
HK		0	#237	117	8,483
NG		0	#238	27	5,926
CL		0	#240	202	6,867
HR	Girls	0	#240	50	3,687
EC	Boys	0	#242	5	3,322
AO	Boys	0	#243	7	5,568
JO	Girls	0	#254	73	7,570
TW	Boys	0	#256	1	7,111
HR	Boys	0	#258	2	3,997
OM	Girls	0	#261	136	15,987
GH	Girls	0	#264	61	6,973
AF	Boys	0	#274	1	3,535
IT	Girls	0	#280	5,503	9,415
SA		0	#281	15	10,560
PL	Boys	0	#284	52	6,459
IR	Girls	0	#285	292	8,334
JM	Boys	0	#291	3	6,876
KZ	Boys	0	#296	1	6,578
AL	Boys	0	#302	2	5,122
JP	Boys	0	#302	2	7,909
BD	Girls	0	#307	80	8,413
CO		0	#312	185	7,768
KW	Girls	0	#327	191	19,177
CN	Boys	0	#328	4	9,639
DK	Boys	0	#331	2	7,401
CM	Girls	0	#334	216	11,671
IT		0	#345	553	4,183
EG		0	#346	55	6,387
GH	Boys	0	#360	2	8,138
YE		0	#364	18	8,639
MU	Boys	0	#366	4	8,477
PT	Boys	0	#374	8	7,951
UY	Boys	0	#378	22	5,922
JO	Boys	0	#386	4	7,057
NG	Girls	0	#387	546	15,093
IQ	Girls	0	#390	115	11,303
EG	Girls	0	#399	884	14,742
PH	Boys	0	#404	5	11,440
SY		0	#414	373	11,684
LB		0	#415	270	13,263
AR	Boys	0	#422	46	7,628
Austria	Boys	0	#430	13	2,180
RU	Boys	0	#430	76	12,621
SD	Boys	0	#432	14	10,523
GT	Boys	0	#456	19	7,625
PA	Boys	0	#459	23	9,305
SA	Girls	0	#461	528	25,931
CR	Boys	0	#474	14	10,188
BH		0	#491	63	17,937
LY		0	#507	29	12,703
BO	Boys	0	#535	58	9,244
CM	Boys	0	#539	12	12,054
HK	Boys	0	#550	8	12,905
PS	Boys	0	#558	4	10,655
IR	Boys	0	#563	3	10,162
BR	Boys	0	#584	171	12,213
BD	Boys	0	#600	6	10,045
IN	Girls	0	#602	30	13,121
CL	Boys	0	#615	51	13,390
IL	Boys	0	#618	8	10,983
IQ	Boys	0	#657	11	13,071
TN		0	#659	173	13,765
PE	Boys	0	#731	148	14,506
SG	Boys	0	#735	5	17,960
QA	Boys	0	#737	7	18,093
KW	Boys	0	#751	19	18,755
Spain	Boys	0	#754	179	5,610
CO	Boys	0	#784	137	15,656
MA		0	#803	335	20,986
MX	Boys	0	#854	129	16,355
EG	Boys	0	#857	30	15,035
OM	Boys	0	#857	25	17,948
United States	Boys	2020	#893	6	7,187
Germany	Boys	0	#903	50	5,697
NL	Boys	0	#934	18	5,873
TR		0	#936	285	19,440
NG	Boys	0	#939	13	16,906
DZ		0	#944	233	20,130
ZA	Boys	0	#969	211	25,619
IN	Boys	0	#1,039	1	16,750
MY	Boys	0	#1,042	70	25,439
AE	Boys	0	#1,069	24	22,615
IT	Boys	0	#1,441	31	10,046
SA	Boys	0	#1,570	45	28,008

Julia is popular in 98 countries — most recent births per country:

France

Norway

Ireland

Scotland, United Kingdom

Austria

Canada

Belgium

Wallonia, Belgium

Brussels, Belgium

Flanders, Belgium

Germany

Switzerland

Sweden

United States

England & Wales, United Kingdom

New York City (Hispanic), United States

New York City (White, non-Hispanic), United States

New York City (Asian & Pacific Islander), United States

New South Wales, Australia

New York City (Black, non-Hispanic), United States

Austria

Germany

Spain

Finland

Iceland

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