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Julia

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See also: julia, Júlia, Júlía, Julià, and Julią

English

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Etymology

From Latin Iūlia, feminine form of the Roman gens name Iūlius. Further popularized by early Christian saints. Doublet of Julie.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Julia (plural Julias)

  1. A female given name from Latin.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version), London: [] Robert Barker, [], →OCLC, Romans 16:15:
      Salute Philologus & Iulia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the Saints which are with them.
    • 1826 The New-York Literary Gazette and American Athenaeum, July 8, 1826, J.G.Brooks&G.Bond, page 216:
      "Julia!" when alone he would exclaim; "what a sweet sounding and romantic name: Julia! what music and magic in its sound! 'tis a name worthy only the fairest and purest of creation!
    • 1864, Harper's Magazine:
      “Why, I mean,” I replied, recoiling, “I mean—in short—that—in other words—I didn't know your name was Julia.”
    • 2000, Luanne Rice, Follow the Stars Home, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 93:
      "Why did you name her Julia?" Amy asked, letting the orange ice cream melt down the backs of her hands.
      "Because it sounds dignified."
  2. (astronomy) 89 Julia, a main belt asteroid; named for Saint Julia of Corsica.
  3. A village in central Poland.
  4. A French surname.
  5. (computer languages) A programming language suited for numerical analysis and scientific computing.
    • 2016, Anshul Joshi, Julia for Data Science, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 8:
      And then came Julia, a general purpose programming language designed according to the requirements of scientific and technical computing, providing performance comparable to C/C++, and with an environment productive enough for prototyping like the high-level dynamic language of Python.

Usage notes

  • In Ireland it is common for a girl named Julia to be referred to informally as Sheila.

Translations

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Danish

Proper noun

Julia

  1. a female given name from Latin of Latin origin, more popular in the form Julie

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Iūlia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjy.li.aː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ju‧lia

Proper noun

Julia f

  1. a female given name

Faroese

Etymology

From Latin Iūlia.

Proper noun

Julia f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Julia

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Julia: Juliuson
  • daughter of Julia: Juliudóttir

Declension

More information singular, indefinite ...

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Iūlia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈju(ː)liɑ/, [ˈju(ː)liɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -uliɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Ju‧li‧a
  • Hyphenation(key): Ju‧lia

Proper noun

Julia

  1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Julia
    • 1996, Pirjo Hassinen, Voimanaiset, Otava, →ISBN, page 172:
      Ja Julia muisti mitä Irja oli kerran sanonut, kun Julia oli kysynyt miksi hänelle oli annettu sellainen nimi, johon kuka tahansa saattoi tarttua ja pilkata siitä.
      ―Minä annoin sinulle sen nimen, Irja oli vastannut. ―Se oli minulta tietoinen eksperimentti, koe. Minä halusin olla kaikkia oletuksia ja ennakkoluuloja vastaan, ja näyttää että Julia, pojan pariksi ikuisesti tuomittu tyttö, kuoleman vihkimä ikuinen morsian, voi olla ensimmäistä kertaa historiassa pariton, vain itseään varten. Pelkkä Julia ilman Romeota.
      And Julia recalled what Irja had once said, when Julia had asked why she had been given that name that anyone could pick on.
      ―I gave you that name, Irja had responded. ―It was an intentional experiment, a test. I wanted to go against all prejudices and presumptions, and show that Julia, a girl forever doomed to be paired with a boy, the eternal bride wed by death itself, could for the first time in history be left alone, only for herself. Just a Juliet, without a Romeo.
  2. Juliet (lover of Romeo)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Statistics

  • Julia is the 74th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 9,983 female individuals (and as a middle name to 12,155 more), and also belongs to 5 male individuals (and as a middle name to 8 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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French

Etymology

From Latin Iūlia. A Latinate variant of Julie.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Julia f

  1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Julia

German

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Julia (plural Julias or Julien)

  1. a female given name from Latin
  2. Juliet, the lover of Romeo.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Julia

  1. a female given name from Latin, a less common form of Julie

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Iūlia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈju.lja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ulja
  • Syllabification: Ju‧lia

Proper noun

Julia f (male equivalent Juliusz, diminutive Jula or Julcia or Julka)

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Julia
  2. Juliet (character in Romeo and Juliet)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Further reading

  • Julia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Iūlia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxulja/ [ˈxu.lja]
  • Rhymes: -ulja
  • Syllabification: Ju‧lia

Proper noun

Julia f

  1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Julia

Swedish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Julia c (genitive Julias)

  1. a female given name from Latin of Latin origin
  2. Juliet, the lover of Romeo.

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