Julia

Julia

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

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːli.ə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -uːliə

Proper noun

Julia (plural Julias)

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 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.

Related terms

• Gill, Gillian, Jill, Jillian, Juliana, Jilly, Julie, Juliet, Juliette

Translations

female given name

Arabic: جُولْيَا‎ f (jūlyā) Belarusian: Ю́лія f (Júlija) (cognate), Джу́лія f (Džúlija) (transliteration) Bulgarian: Джу́лия f (Džúlija) (transliteration) Catalan: Júlia f Chinese: Mandarin: 茱莉雅 (zh) (Zhūlìyǎ) Czech: Julie (cs) Danish: Julie Dutch: Julie (nl) Finnish: Julia (fi) French: Julie (fr) Galician: Xulia (gl) German: Julia (de) Greek: Ιουλία (el) f (Ioulía) Hawaiian: Kulia Hebrew: יוּלְיָה‎ f (Yúlya), יוּלִי‎ (he) f (Yúli) Interlingua: Julia Italian: Giulia (it) Japanese: ジュリア (Juria) Korean: 줄리아 (Jullia) Latin: Iūlia Latvian: Jūlija f Macedonian: Џу́лија f (Džúlija) (transliteration) Norwegian: Julie (no) Persian: جولیا‎ (julyâ) Polish: Julia (pl) Portuguese: Júlia (pt) Romanian: Iulia Russian: Ю́лия (ru) f (Júlija) (cognate), Джу́лия (ru) f (Džúlija) (transliteration) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Џулија f, Džulija (transliteration) Sicilian: Julia (obsolete), Giulia Spanish: Julia (es) Swedish: Julia (sv) Ukrainian: Ю́лія f (Júlija) (cognate), Джу́лія f (Džúlija) (transliteration)

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Esperanto: (please verify) Juliino

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Danish

Proper noun

Julia

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

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Iūlia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjy.li.aː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Ju‧lia

Proper noun

Julia f

1. a female given name

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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

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Julia
Accusative	Juliu
Dative	Juliu
Genitive	Juliu

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Iūlia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈju(ː)liɑ/, [ˈju(ː)liɑ]
• Rhymes: -uliɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ju‧li‧a

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.

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2. Juliet (lover of Romeo)

Declension

Inflection of Julia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Julia	Juliat
genitive		Julian	Julioiden Julioitten
partitive		Juliaa	Julioita
illative		Juliaan	Julioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Julia	Juliat
accusative	nom.	Julia	Juliat
	gen.	Julian
genitive		Julian	Julioiden Julioitten Juliainrare
partitive		Juliaa	Julioita
inessive		Juliassa	Julioissa
elative		Juliasta	Julioista
illative		Juliaan	Julioihin
adessive		Julialla	Julioilla
ablative		Julialta	Julioilta
allative		Julialle	Julioille
essive		Juliana	Julioina
translative		Juliaksi	Julioiksi
instructive		—	Julioin
abessive		Juliatta	Julioitta
comitative		—	Julioineen

Possessive forms of Julia (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Juliani	Juliamme
2nd person	Juliasi	Julianne
3rd person	Juliansa

Related terms

• Juuli
• Juulia

Anagrams

• lujia

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French

Etymology

From Latin Iulia. A Latinate variant of Julie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.lja/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Julia f

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

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːli̯a/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Julia (plural Julias or Julien)

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

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Julia

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

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Iūlia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈju.lja/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ulja
• Syllabification: Ju‧lia

Proper noun

Julia f (diminutive Jula or Julcia or Julka, masculine Juliusz)

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

Declension

Declension of Julia

	singular	plural
nominative	Julia	Julie
genitive	Julii	Julii/Julij (archaic)
dative	Julii	Juliom
accusative	Julię	Julie
instrumental	Julią	Juliami
locative	Julii	Juliach
vocative	Julio	Julie

Further reading

• Julia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Julia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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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

Related terms

• Julio

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Swedish

Proper noun

Julia c (genitive Julias)

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