Giuliano

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Giuliano

Say it: jool-YAH-noh

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Meaning

From Latin Julianus, derived from Julius.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

773 babies given this name since 1973
At its height in 2011, about 1 in 54,200 boys
24 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

English	Julian
French	Julien
Spanish	Julián

Famous bearers

Giuliano de' Medici, brother of Lorenzo

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Where this comes from

Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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