Juliana

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Juliana

Say it: joo-lee-AH-nuh

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Meaning

Feminine of Julianus, derived from Julius.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

A martyr's name very common in medieval England, where it gave the everyday form Gillian.

Its wave through time

In the United States

00.511.518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2012per 1,000 babies of that sex
  • 61,240 babies given this name since 1881
  • At its height in 2012, about 1 in 793 girls
  • 1,515 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
  2. The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
  3. The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
  4. The Renaissance1400 to 1600
  5. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

Early ChristianLatinEnglishSpanishItalianPortugueseGermanDutchPolishBrazilianFrench

The family of the name

Other spellings: Julianna, Gillian, Iuliana, Julyan, Jilian

FrenchJulienne
SpanishJuliana
ItalianGiuliana
PortugueseJuliana
GermanJuliane
PolishJulianna
RussianUlyana
EnglishGillian

Famous bearers

  • Juliana of Nicomedia, early martyr
  • Juliana, queen of the Netherlands

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Where this comes from

  • Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
  • English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
  • Royal and noble genealogies
  • Medieval European charters and records
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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