Julia

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in English: Roman name, feminine of Julius; uncertain meaning. Used to anglicise Sile (Sheila) and Siobhan

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈdʒuɫjə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Julia is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country, where it is the 9th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • PLPoland1 in 122(measured from records)
  • PEPeru≈1 in 222
  • BRBrazil1 in 326

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Julia itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Russia (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,400,000 named Юлия, est.

#19 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

9 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
595 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 122 (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

JuliaLatin(measured from records)
ЮлияCyrillic(measured from records)
יוליהHebrew(measured from records)
ΙουλιαGreek(measured from records)
ՅուլյաArmenian(measured from records)
จูเลียThai(measured from records)
율리아Hangul(measured from records)
იულიაGeorgian(measured from records)
ዩልያEthiopic(measured from records)

4 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Юлия in RU Russia, BY Belarus and Юлія in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Julia's inclusion in Paul's greetings highlights the important role of women and the diverse, multicultural nature of the early Christian church in Rome. She represents the many faithful believers who formed the foundation of the early church, whose contributions were vital even if not recorded in detail.

Sources 1

  • Biblical Names Compiled Database

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

How Julia is read(measured from records)

Julia is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English38%

    Roman name, feminine of Julius; uncertain meaning. Used to anglicise Sile (Sheila) and Siobhan.

    as a nameIrish first names

    Raul, US actor; pers. name

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • Spanish29%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Julia in Spanish.

  • Portuguese12%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Julia in Portuguese.

  • German6.5%

    from Latin Iulia; source of the stock form Harfenjule

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Julia counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Julia is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RU Russia#9≈2,400,000 est.≈1 in 60#19Юлия237
BR Brazil#64650,2711 in 326650KJulia237
UA Ukraine#29≈430,000 est.≈1 in 101listedЮлія122
US United States#182349,7811 in 951349KJulia595
PL Poland#94314,5391 in 122315KJulia205
BY Belarus#15≈200,000 est.≈1 in 4816Юлия72
PE Peru#34≈140,000 est.≈1 in 222109KJulia92

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); RENIEC — DNI population names; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Universal Dependencies Belarusian-HSE Corpus — Person Names (UD_Belarusian-HSE). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Julia is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name30 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, United Kingdom

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Júlia, Jùlia, Julià, Juliá, Jülia

  • Hungarian given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Hungary, Sweden, Finland

    Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Iulia, Júlia, Jülîä, Julià, Juliá

  • a separate name8 spellings in the group

    Also written Juliá, Juliã, Júlia, Julía, Julià

  • Indonesian given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Peru

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written 'Julia, Júlia, Julia', Julià, Juliá

  • Italian given name22 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Spain, United Kingdom

    Also written Giulia, Júlia, Gìulìa, Giuliä, Giùlia

  • a separate given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain

    Also written Júlia, Juliá, Juliã, Julià, Julîå

94 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Julia is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Julia's inclusion in Paul's greetings highlights the important role of women and the diverse, multicultural nature of the early Christian church in Rome. She represents the many faithful believers who formed the foundation of the early church, whose contributions were vital even if not recorded in detail.

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • The name Julia is the feminine form of the Roman family name Julius. Its origin is often traced to the Latin word 'iuvenis', meaning "youthful", or is possibly linked to 'Iovilios', meaning "descended from Jove" (Jupiter), the Roman sky god.

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • An enduring classic with ancient Roman roots, Julia is a name that conveys both simplicity and sophistication. Associated with historical figures from the Roman Empire and several Christian saints, the name has a timeless elegance and has remained popular in many cultures for centuries.

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Princess Alice of Battenberg, b. 1885Julie Andrews, b. 1935Julia Kristeva, b. 1941Julie Walters, b. 1950Julia Gillard, b. 1961Julia Roberts, b. 1967Julia Ann, b. 1969Julia Stiles, b. 1981Julia Sanina, b. 1990Julia Garner, b. 1994

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Julia,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 155 sources across 77 countries.

Official registers attesting Julia
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2022650K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—646K#25
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—432K#98
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes no Brasil API (Census 2010 + 2022)—430K#17
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020349K#142
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—315K#16
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)2026315K#16
PE PeruRENIEC — DNI population names2019109K#8
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)202060K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—4K#25
PL PolandMinistry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present)20253.2K—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20252.2K—

Reference works 9

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Julia come from?
Julia's inclusion in Paul's greetings highlights the important role of women and the diverse, multicultural nature of the early Christian church in Rome. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
In which country does Julia have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.4 million people named Юлия in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Julia most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Julia is densest in Poland — about 1 in 122 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.
Is Julia a male or female name?
Julia is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Julia mean?
In English, Roman name, feminine of Julius; uncertain meaning. Used to anglicise Sile (Sheila) and Siobhan.
What are other forms of the name Julia?
In the etymology graph, Julie, Jill and Juliana are forms of the same name in other languages; Jools is a recorded short or pet form.
How do you pronounce Julia?
A machine transcription gives /ˈdʒuɫjə/ (IPA) for English.
How common is the name Julia?
In Brazil, the national register counted 650,271 people named Julia in 2022, about 1 in 326 residents.
How common is Julia compared with other names?
In Russia, Julia is the 9th most common given name of 472,143 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Julia” — the 9th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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