Girl · Latin
Juliana
Say it: joo-lee-AH-nuh
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
Popular now
In the United States
- 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
- Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
Early ChristianLatinEnglishSpanishItalianPortugueseGermanDutchPolishBrazilianFrench
The family of the name
Other spellings: Julianna, Gillian, Iuliana, Julyan, Jilian
| French | Julienne |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Juliana |
| Italian | Giuliana |
| Portuguese | Juliana |
| German | Juliane |
| Polish | Julianna |
| Russian | Ulyana |
| English | Gillian |
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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