411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Julia
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
julia Júlia Júlía Julià Julią
English
89 +
+ (programming language)
Etymology
From en la Iūlia, feminine form of the Roman gens name la Iūlius. Further popularized by early Christian saints. en Julie.
Pronunciation
en /ˈd͡ʒuːli.ə/
en /ˈd͡ʒu.ljə/ /ˈd͡ʒu.li.ə/ GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Julia.wav Southern England
en uːliə 3
Proper noun
s
en female Latin.
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!
en 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.”
en 2000 w:Luanne Rice Follow the Stars Home Bantam Books 055311073X 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."
en Samantha Riedel In Trans Legal Victory, Federal Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Denying Passport Gender Changes Them (magazine) Them https://www.them.us/story/trans-passport-ruling-injunction-applications-orr-v-trump 2025-06-18 In an order issued Tuesday evening in the ongoing lawsuit Orr v. Trump, Massachusetts District Judge Julia Kobick expanded the preliminary injunction she issued in April, which required the State Department to issue passports that match the plaintiffs’ gender identities. https://web.archive.org/web/20260824173025/https://www.them.us/story/trans-passport-ruling-injunction-applications-orr-v-trump 24 August 2026
en astronomy 89 Julia, a main belt asteroid; named for Saint Julia of Corsica.
en village in central c/Poland.
en French.
en programming language A programming language suited for numerical analysis and scientific computing.
en Anshul Joshi Julia for Data Science 2016 Packt Publishing Ltd 8 https://books.google.com/books?id=Bn9cDgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA8&dq=%22Julia%22%20performance&hl=es&pg=PA8#v=onepage&q&f=false 978-1-78355-386-0 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.
Related terms
en Gill, en Gillian, en Jill, en Jillian, en Juliana, en Jilly, en Julie, en Juliet, en Juliette
Translations
female given name
Arabic: ar جُولْيَا f
Belarusian: be Ю́лія f cognate, be Джу́лія f transliteration
Bulgarian: bg Джу́лия f transliteration, bg Ю́лия f cognate
Catalan: ca Júlia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 朱莉婭 Zhūlìyà
Czech: cs Julie
Danish: da Julie
Dutch: nl Julie
Finnish: fi Julia
French: fr Julie
Galician: gl Xulia
German: de Julia
Greek: el Ιουλία f, el Τζούλια transliteration from English
Hawaiian: haw Kulia
Hebrew: he יוּלְיָה f Yúlya, he יוּלִי f Yúli
Hindi: hi जूलिया f
Interlingua: ia Julia
Italian: it Giulia
Japanese: ja ジュリア Juria
Korean: ko ^줄리아
Latin: la Iūlia
Latvian: lv Jūlija f
Macedonian: mk Џу́лија f transliteration
Norwegian: no Julie
Persian: fa جولیا julyâ
Polish: pl Julia
Portuguese: pt Júlia
Romanian: ro Iulia
Russian: ru Ю́лия f cognate, ru Джу́лия f transliteration
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Џулија f, sh Džulija transliteration
Sicilian: scn Julia obsolete, scn Giulia
Spanish: es Julia
Swedish: sv Julia
Ukrainian: uk Ю́лія f cognate, uk Джу́лія f transliteration
Esperanto: eo Juliino
en Asteroids Computer languages
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female Latin of Latin origin, more popular in the form Julie
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from nl la Iūlia.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈjy.li.aː/
nl Nl-Julia.ogg
nl Ju lia
Proper noun
f
nl female
Faroese
Etymology
From fo la Iūlia.
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female Julia
Usage notes
f Juliuson Juliudóttir
Declension
Julia Juliu Juliu Juliu
Finnish
Etymology
From fi la Iūlia, a feminine form of fi Julius.
Pronunciation
ju(:)lia
Proper noun
fi female Latin Julia
fi 1996 w:Pirjo Hassinen Voimanaiset Otava 978-951-1-18351-8 172 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.
Juliet lover of Romeo
Declension
Juli a
Related terms
fi Juuli
fi Juulia
Statistics
dvv_20250813 5 10172 12310 71
References
Anagrams
fi aijlu lujia
French
Etymology
From fr la Iūlia. A Latinate variant of fr Julie.
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Julia.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
Proper noun
f
fr female Julia Latin
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈjuːli̯a/ [ˈjuː.li.a] [ˈjuːl.ja]
de De-Julia.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Ju lia
Proper noun
f,s:Julien.gen:s:Juliens[archaic]:-[with an article]
de female Latin
de literature Juliet lover of Romeo
Derived terms
de Julchen, de Jule, de Juli, de Julika
Related terms
de Juliane
Norwegian Bokmål
Julia (given name)
Etymology
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. nb Julie female given name.
Compare da Julia, sv Julia, fo Julia, is Júlía, de Julia, en Julia, fr Julie and it Giulia female given name.
Pronunciation
nb /¹ˈjʉː.lɪ.a/ [ˈjʉ̀ː.lɪ.ɑ̌]
nb ʉːlɪa 3
nb Ju li a
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb female Latin Julia
Usage notes
The Norwegian name day for nb Julia is 12 April, shared with nb Julie and nb Julius.“Navnedag-kalender”, Navnebok.
The name became especially common in Norway from the 1980s onward.“Julia”, Nordic Names.
Statistics
As of 1 January 2026, 5,008 women registered in Norway had nb Julia as their first given name; 3,237 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.
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :lbor la:Iūlia + 1
Pronunciation
Pl-Julia.ogg
Proper noun
f Jula,Julcia,Julka Juliusz
pl female Latin Julia
Juliet character in Romeo and Juliet
Declension
Further reading
pl Fictional characters William Shakespeare
Spanish
Etymology
es :lbor la:Iūlia + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es female Latin Julia
Related terms
es Julio
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Julia.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female Latin of Latin origin
Juliet, the lover of Romeo.