Yulia
Julia (Latin: Iulia ) is a female first name.
Origin and Meaning
It means " from the Julian clan " and originally referred to the female members of the Roman gens Iulia. These derived their name from Iulus, the grandson of the goddess Venus, ago.
Dissemination
The name was particularly popular as a first name by Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet.
In the 19th century, the name variant Julie was very common during the first name Julia was only occasionally awarded before 1975 in Germany. From about 1975 to 2005 Julia was among the 20 most popular names for girls in Germany. Therefore, the first name is now very common.
Name Days
In the Martyrology of the Roman Catholic Church listed:
- April 8 - Julie Billiart († 1816), French foundress
- April 12 - Julius I ( † 352), Bishop of Rome
- April 19 - Julia († 250 ), a companion of Mappalicus martyr and executed with him
- May 22 - Julia of Corsica († 440 ), martyr Kathago
- May 29 - Julia Ledóchowska († 1939), as Maria Ursula Ledóchowska, foundress of the Ursuline gray
- July 15 - Julia († 303 ), a companion of Catulinus martyr and executed with him
- September 28 - Julia of Rome († 419 or 420 ), as Eustochium abbess in Bethlehem
More Catholic observances:
- July 21 - Julia of Troyes († 272), in Troyes beheaded martyr
- September 16 - Julia of Oeren († 795), abbess of the monastery Oeren in Trier
Variants
- Giulia, Giuliana, Giulietta
- Hülya
- Iliane
- Iulia
- Jillian
- Jule
- Juliana
- Juliane
- Julika
- Julie
- Julienne
- Juliet, Julietta, Juliette
- Julija
- Julka
- Julla
- Liana, Liane
- Ulyana
Given name (Julia, Julia )
People of antiquity
- Iulia (wife of Marius ) ( ~ 130 BC Chr.-68/69 BC) Caesar's aunt and wife of Marius
- Iulia (mother of Marcus Antonius ) ( † 40 BC ), cousin of Caesar, wife of Marcus Antonius Creticus and mother of Marcus Antonius
- Iulia ( sister of Caesar ), eldest sister of Caesar
- Iulia ( grandmother of Augustus ) ( ~ 101 BC -51 BC), Caesar's sister, wife of Marcus Atius Balbus, grandmother of Augustus and Octavia
- Iulia ( daughter of Caesar ) (76 BC - 54 BC ), daughter of Caesar and wife of Pompey
- Iulia ( daughter of Augustus ) (39 BC - 14 AD ), daughter of Augustus and Agrippa and wife of Tiberius
- Iulia ( daughter of Agrippa ) ( 19/18 BC -28 AD), granddaughter of Augustus and Agrippa's daughter
- Iulia ( daughter of the younger Drusus ) ( 5-43 ), daughter of the younger Drusus
- Iulia Livilla ( 18-42 ), sister of Caligula
- Julia Drusilla ( 40-41 ), daughter of Caligula
- Julia, daughter of Titus
- Julia Domna († 217), second wife of Septimius Severus
- Julia Maesa († ~ 224), grandmother Elagabal
- Julia Soaemias († 222 ), daughter Iulia Maesas and mother Elagabal
- Julia Mamaea († ~ 235 ), daughter Iulia Maesas and mother of Severus Alexander
First name
- Julia Behnke (* 1993), German handball player
- Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879), British photographer
- Julia Child (1914-2004) American chef and cookbook author
- Júlia da Costa (1844-1911), Brazilian poet
- Julia Fischer ( biologist ) ( b. 1966 ), German biologist
- Julia Fischer ( violinist ) (* 1983), German violinist
- Julia Grone (b. 1985), German handball player
- Julia Haacke ( b. 1971 ), German actress
- Julia Hauke (1825-1895), ancestor of the house of Mountbatten
- Julia Jentsch (born 1978 ), German actress
- Julia Vsevolodovna Lermontowa (1847-1919), Russian chemist
- Julia Migenes ( b. 1949 ), American singer
- Julia Neigel (born 1966 ), German singer, songwriter, producer
- Julia Ormond (born 1965 ), British actress
- Julia Renner ( * 1987), German handball player
- Julia Richter (* 1970), German actress
- Julia Roberts ( born 1967), American actress
- Julia Stemberger (* 1965), Austrian actress
- Julia Stiles ( born 1981 ), American actress
- Julia Thurnau (* 1974), German actress
- Julia Tsenova (1948-2010), Bulgarian composer, pianist and music teacher
- Julia Westlake (born 1971 ), German television presenter
- Julia Whelan ( born 1984 ), American actress
Storms
- Hurricane Julia; occurred in September 2010 in the Atlantic.