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Julie
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jùliè
English
Pronunciation
en /ˈd͡ʒuːli/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Julie.wav Southern England
en uːli 2
Proper noun
en female fr:Julie Julia in the latter half of the 20th century.
en 1813 w:George Crabbe Tracy Poems by George Crabbe Adolphus William Ward The University Press 1907 455 The first-born Child had every dawning Grace / And promis'd Beauty in her form and face. / "We'll call her Julie if you please, my dear," / The Mother cry'd, "I doat on Julie Vere." / "What! no Remembrance of her Aunt! for Shame! / You doat indeed! be Barbara her name!"
en 1917 w:Grace Flandrau Cousin Julia D. Appleton and Company 3 "I loathe the name of Julia. Julie, in the French way, is quite pretty, but Julia! - ""Call her Cousin Julie then; I've no doubt she'll prefer it. She's nothing if not progressive, I believe."
en 2000 Jayne Anne Phillips Mother Kind 156 They were called Jim & Julie, professionally. It seemed such a waste to deal in fantasy, in illusion and pretend, and not christen one's endeavor more suggestively. Kate wondered if their real names were Letitia and Sylvester, or Cleopatra and Mandrake; perhaps they'd gone undercover with white-bread names in quest of posh children's parties and Yankee suitability.
en Jay Stahl Katie Porter goes viral again. This time, for berating a reporter. w:USA Today https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/08/rep-katie-porter-julie-watts-viral-interview/86579343007/ 2025-10-08 But Republicans and Porter's Democratic primary opponents have seized on an interview from last month that widely surfaced the week of Oct. 6 in which she reprimands CBS News California journalist Julie Watts multiple times. https://web.archive.org/web/20251013021145/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/08/rep-katie-porter-julie-watts-viral-interview/86579343007/ 13 October 2025
en rare en female Julia.
Derived terms
en Julianna
Translations
female given name Julia
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
af LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-Julie.wav
Noun
Juliemaande
July
See also
Czech
cs:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
cs female Julia
Declension
f
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female Julia Julia
Juliet, the character in the play Romeo and Juliet.
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
fr female la:Iūlia Julia
Related terms
fr Julia, fr Julienne, fr Juliette
Norwegian Bokmål
no:Julie,Julie (given name)
Etymology
nb fr Julie female given name, from nb la Iūlia Roman female given name, the feminine form of la Iūlius Julius. The ultimate origin of the Roman family name is uncertain; see nb Julius.“Julie”, Nordic Names. 18th century. nb Julia female given name.
Compare da Julie, sv Julie, fi Julie, kl Julie, cs Julie, en Julie, de Julie and nl Julie female given name.
Pronunciation
nb /¹ˈjʉː.lɪ.ə/ [ˈjʉ̀ː.lɪ.ə̌]
nb ʉːlɪə 3
nb Ju li e
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb female French < Latin Julia
Juliet, the female protagonist of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet
Usage notes
The Norwegian name day for nb Julie is 12 April, shared with nb Julia and nb Julius.“Navnedag-kalender”, Navnebok.
The name was especially popular in Norway during the early 20th century and from the 1990s onward.
Statistics
As of 1 January 2026, 13,869 women registered in Norway had nb Julie as their first given name; 10,193 of them had it as their only given name.“Navn”, Statistics Norway; data from the Norwegian Population Register as of 1 January 2026, published 28 January 2026.
References
Kruken, Kristoffer and Ola Stemshaug (1995), Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget.
Alhaug, Gulbrand (2011), 10 001 navn: Norsk fornavnleksikon, Oslo: Cappelen Damm.
Scots
Etymology
From sco enm Julie, enm julye, enm iulius, from sco xno julie, from sco fro jule, fro juil, from sco la iūlius (Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar's month), perhaps a contraction of *Iovilios, "descended from Jove", from Latin la Iuppiter, from sco ine-pro - *dyeu-pəter-, from Proto-Indo-European *deyw-os, 'god', + *pəter, 'father'.
Pronunciation
sco /ˈdʒuli/
Proper noun
July
See also
sco Months