Julia is usually a woman's given name or a surname. It is a Latinate feminine form of the name Julius. Julius was a Roman family, derived from a founder Julus, the son of Aeneas and Creusa in Roman mythology, although the name's etymology may possibly derive from Greek ιουλος (ioulos) "downy-[haired, bearded]"[citation needed] or alternatively from name of the Roman god Jupiter.[citation needed] Like its male counterpart, the given name Julia had been in use throughout Late Antiquity (e.g. Julia of Corsica) but became rare during the Middle Ages, and was revived only with the Italian Renaissance. It became common in the English-speaking world only in the 18th century. Today, it is frequently used throughout the world. It was the 10th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007 and the 88th most popular name for females in the 1990 census there. It has been among the top 150 names given to girls in the United States for the past 100 years. It was the 89th most popular name for girls born in England and Wales in 2007; the 94th most popular name for girls born in Scotland in 2007; the 13th most popular name for girls born in Spain in 2006; the fifth most popular name for girls born in Sweden in 2007; the 94th most popular name for girls born in Belgium in 2006; the 53rd most popular name for girls born in Norway in 2007; the 70th most popular name for girls born in Hungary in 2005; the 19th most popular name for girls born in British Columbia, Canada in 2006; the 9th most popular name for girls born in Germany in 2005 and the 1st most popular name in Austria.[1][2] [edit] Variants - Džūliaja (Latvian)
- Gill (English)
- Gillian (English)
- Giulia (Italian)
- Giuliana (Italian)
- Giulietta (Italian)
- Ίουλα, Íoula (Greek)
- Ιουλία, Ioulía (Greek)
- Iúile (Irish)
- Iulia (Bulgarian), (Hawaiian), (Romanian)
- Iuliana (Romanian)
- Jill (English)
- Jillian (English)
- Jillie (English)
- Jilly (English)
- Julia (English)
- Jools (English)
- Jovita (Spanish)
- Jules (English)
- Juli (Hungarian)
- Júlia (Hungarian), (Portuguese), (Slovak), (Catalan)
- Júlía (Icelandic)
- Juliana (Dutch), (English), (German), (Portuguese), (Spanish)
- Juliane (French), (German)
- Julianna (English), (Hungarian), (Polish)
- Julianne (English)
- Julie (English), (French)
- Julienne (French)
- Julienna (French)
- Juliet (English)
- Julieta (Spanish)
- Julietta (Spanish)
- Juliette (French)
- Julija (Croatian), (Lithuanian), (Slovene)
- Jūlija (Latvian)
- Julijana (Slovene)
- Julinka (Hungarian)
- Juliska (Hungarian)
- Julcia/Julka/Julia (Polish)
- Julitta (Dutch)
- Julie (Czech)
- Juulia (Estonian)
- Uliana (Russian)
- Ulyana (Ukrainian)
- Xhulia (Albania)
- Xhuliana (Albania)
- Yulia (Russian), (Ukrainian)
- Yuliana (Bulgarian), (Russian)
- Yuliya (Bulgarian), (Russian)
- Ywlyana (pronounced ool-yana is an Anglicisation of the Russian 'Uliana')
[edit] Julius family In Ancient Rome, women from all branches of the Julius family were called Julia [edit] Other Romans - Berenice (daughter of Herod Agrippa I), Julia Berenice, princess of the Herodian Dynasty
- Julia Urania, wife of Roman client king Ptolemy of Mauretania
- Julia Bodina, a freedwoman to queen Julia Urania of Mauretania
- Julia Procilla, mother of general Gnaeus Julius Agricola
- Julia Iotapa, Queen and Princess of Commagene
- Julia (daughter of Tigranes VI of Armenia), daughter of King Julius Tigranes VI of Armenia
- Julia Agricola, daughter of general Gnaeus Julius Agricola and wife to historian Tacitus
- Julia Flavia, daughter of emperor Titus
- Julia Balbilla, poetess and companion of Hadrian's wife Vibia Sabina
- Julia, princess and daughter of King Gaius Julius Alexander, Queen and Commagenean Princess Julia Iotapa of Cetis Cilicia. She married consul Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus and had a daughter called Julia
- Julia Tertulla, daughter of suffect consul Gaius Julius Cornutus Tertullus
- Julia Serviana Paulina, niece of emperor Hadrian
- Julia Crispina, princess and granddaughter of Julia Berenice
- Julia Fadilla, younger half-sister to emperor Antoninus Pius and paternal aunt to empress Faustina the Younger
- Julia Domna, empress and wife of emperor Septimius Severus
- Julia Maesa, Domna's elder sister
- Julia Soaemias, daughter to Julia Maesa and mother of emperor Elagabalus
- Julia Avita Mamaea, Soaemias' sister and mother of emperor Alexander Severus
- Julia Severa or Severina, daughter of emperor Philip the Arab
- Julia Aurelia Zenobia, Syrian queen of Palmyra
- Helena of Constantinople or Flavia Julia Helena mother of emperor Constantine I
[edit] People Today, Julia is a common name and is also a surname. [edit] As first name - Julia Alexandratou (b. 1985), Greek model and singer
- Julia Boutros (b. 1968), Lebanese singer
- Julia de Burgos, Puerto Rican poet
- Julia Child (1912–2004), American gourmet cook, author, and television personality
- Julia Clarete (b. 1979), Filipino singer-actress
- Julie Clarke, Playboy Playmate of the Month for March 1991
- Julia Duporty (b. 1971), Cuban sprinter
- Julia Fischer (b. 1983), German violinist
- Julia Gillard, Australian politician
- Julia Grant (1826-1902), wife of 18th U.S. President Ulysses Grant
- Julia Haworth (b. 1979), British actress
- Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), wrote poem that became the Battle Hymn of the Republic
- Julia Hütter (b. 1983), German pole vaulter
- Julia Irwin, Australian politician
- Julia Lennon (1914-1958), mother of John Lennon
- Julia Leonard (b. 1958), UK councillor
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus (b. 1961), American actress, costar of the TV series Seinfeld
- Julia Mancuso (b. 1984), American skiier
- Julia Menéndez (b. 1985), Spanish field hockey defender
- Julia Morgan (1872-1957), San Francisco architect, see Hearst Castle
- Julia Murney, Broadway actress, best known for her role as Elphaba in Wicked
- Julia Newmeyer (b. 1933), actress known as Julie Newmar who played Catwoman
- Julia Nyberg (1784-1854), Swedish poet
- Julia Ormond (b. 1965), British actress, star of the movie Legends of the Fall
- Julia Piera (b. 1970), contemporary Spanish poet
- Julia Phillips (1944-2002), Academy Award-winning film producer and author
- Julia Roberts (b. 1967), American actress, star of the movie Pretty Woman
- Julia Sakara (b. 1969), Zimbabwean middle distance runner
- Julia Sawalha (b. 1968), British actress
- Julia Stiles (b. 1981), American actress, star of the movie 10 Things I Hate about You
- Julia Sweeney (b. 1959), American actor and comedian, Alumna of Saturday Night Live
- Yulia Savicheva (b. 1987), the Russian contestant from Eurovision 2004
- Yulia Volkova (b. 1985), Russian singer
- Julia Wells, actress known as Julie Andrews
[edit] As last name - Bernard Julia (b. 1952), French theoretical physicist at Ecole Normale Supérieure
- Didier Julia (b. 1934), a French deputy
- Gaston Julia (1893–1978), a French mathematician who devised the Julia set of fractals
- Raúl Juliá (1940–1994), Puerto Rican actor
[edit] Fictional characters - Julia, a character from George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
- Julia, a character in William Shakespeare's play Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Julia, a character in manga series Rave Master.
- Julia, a character in the anime series Cowboy Bebop
- Julia Chang, a character in the fighting game series Tekken
- Julia Fernandez, a character in the anime series Beyblade
- Julia Flyte is one of the Flyte siblings in the novel Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
- Julia, a one-time character in The Simpsons episode "Homer of Seville"
- Julia Merton, a character in Oscar Wilde's short story Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
- Julia Pargetter, mother of Nigel Pargetter, owner of Lower Loxley in The Archers
- Julia Forsyte Small, a character in The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy
- Julia Shuttlethwaite, a character in T. S. Eliot's play, The Cocktail Party
- Julia Sugarbaker, outspoken interior designer, played by Dixie Carter on the sitcom Designing Women
- Julia Heartilly, a pianist at a Galbadian hotel frequented by Laguna during his days as a soldier is one of the characters in Final Fantasy VIII
[edit] Christian saints [edit] In entertainment - "Julia", a song from The Beatles' The White Album
- "Julia", a song by the British band Pavlov's Dog
- "Julia", a song by Italo Disco singer K.B. Caps
- "Julia", a song by Eurythmics on their album, 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)
- "Julia Says", a song by Wet Wet Wet from the album Picture This
- "Julia", a song by Taiwanese singer, Leehom Wang
- "Julia Dream", a song by the British band Pink Floyd, first released in 1968
- Julia (TV series), a TV series starring Diahann Carroll that ran on NBC from 1968 to 1971, depicting a middle class African-American woman
- Julia (film), a 1977 film by Fred Zinnemann starring Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Fonda, and Jason Robards
- Julia and Julia, a 1987 film by Peter Del Monte, starring Kathleen Turner, Gabriel Byrne and Sting
- Being Julia, a 2004 film by István Szabó starring Annette Bening
- Julia (2008 film), a 2008 film directed by Erick Zonca with Tilda Swinton
- Julie and Julia, a 2009 film by Nora Ephron starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams
[edit] Other uses - Julia (river), a river in Switzerland
- 89 Julia, an asteroid
- Julia set, a set of fractals defined by Gaston Julia
- Dryas julia, the Julia butterfly, a common New World Heliconiinae butterfly
- Julia, the replacement for Hurricane Jeanne on the 2010 hurricane lists
- The Alpine Brigade Julia, a mountain warfare brigade of the Italian Army: the successor of a 3 Alpine Division Julia, one of six such divisions during World War II
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