Meaning and origin of Julia

Julia is usually a woman's given name or a surname. It is of Latin origin and means "youthful" or full of life.
Julius family
In Ancient Rome, women from all branches of the Julius family were called Julia (see Roman naming conventions).

Julia Caesaris, the name of many Julias of the Julii Caesares (Julius Caesar branch)
Julia the Elder, (Julia Caesaris) daughter of emperor Augustus
Livia Drusilla, Julia Augusta, the wife of emperor Augustus
Julia (daughter of Drusus the Younger) or Julia Drusi Caesaris, granddaughter of emperor Tiberius
Daughters of Germanicus: Julia Agrippina or Agrippina the Younger, Julia Drusilla (see Drusilla (sister of Caligula) and Julia Livilla.
Julia Drusilla, daughter of emperor Caligula

Other Romans
Julia Urania, wife of Roman client king Ptolemy of Mauretania
Julia Bodina, a freedwoman to queen Julia Urania of Mauretania
Julia Flavia, daughter of emperor Titus
Julia Serviana Paulina, niece of emperor Hadrian
Julia Fadilla, younger half-sister to emperor Antoninus Pius and paternal aunt to empress Faustina the Younger
Julia Domna, empress and wife of emperor Septimius Severus
Julia Maesa, Domna's elder sister
Julia Soaemias, daughter to Julia Maesa and mother of emperor Elagabalus
Julia Avita Mamaea, Soaemias' sister and mother of emperor Alexander Severus
Julia Aurelia Zenobia, Syrian queen of Palmyra
Helena of Constantinople, Flavia Julia Helena mother of emperor Constantine I

People
Today, Julia is a common name and is also a surname.


As first name
Julia Boutros (b. 1968), Lebanese singer, mostly known for her national song Ghabet Shams El Haq
Julia de Burgos, puerto rican poet
Julia Child (1912–2004), American gourmet cook, author, and television personality
Julia Clarete (b. 1979), Filipino singer-actress
Julia Anne Clarke, Playboy Playmate of the Month for March 1991
Julia Colopy (b. 1981), American singer and guitarist
Julia Fischer (b. 1983), German violinist
Julia Gillard, Australian politician
Julia Grant (1826-1902), wife of 18th U.S. President Ulysses Grant
Julia Haworth (b. 1979), British actress.
Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), wrote poem that became the "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Julia Irwin, Australian politician
Julia Lennon (1914-1958), mother of John Lennon
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (b. 1961), American actress, costar of the TV series Seinfeld
Julia Morgan (1872-1957), San Francisco architect, see Hearst Castle
Julia Newmeyer (b. 1933), actress known as Julie Newmar, see Catwoman
Julia Roberts (b. 1967), American actress, star of the movie Pretty Woman
Julia Stiles (b. 1981), American actress, star of the movie 10 Things I Hate about You
Julia Ormond (b. 1965), British actress, star of the movie Legends of the Fall
Julia Sweeney (b. 1961), American actor and comedian, Alumna of Saturday Night Live
Julia Savicheva (b. 1987), the Russian contestant from Eurovision 2004
Julia Blum (b. 1988), wealthy National Rifle Association financier and lobbyist
Yulia Volkova (b. 1985), Russian singer
Julia Wells, singer known as Julie Andrews

As last name
Bernard Julia (b. 1952), French theoretical physicist at Ecole Normale Supérieure
Didier Julia (b. 1934), a French deputy
Gaston Julia (1893–1978), a French mathematician who devised the Julia set of fractals
Raúl Juliá (1940–1994), American actor

Fictional characters
Julia, a character in the anime series Cowboy Bebop
Julia Chang, a character in the fighting game series Tekken
Julia Fernandez, a character in the anime series Beyblade
Julia (1984), a character from George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
Julia, a character in William Shakespeare's play "Two Gentlemen of Verona"
Julia Flyte is one of the Flyte siblings in the novel Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh.
Julia Merton, a character in Oscar Wilde's short story "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime"
Julia Pargetter, mother of Nigel Pargetter, owner of Lower Loxley, a minor stately home, in The Archers.
Julia Shuttlethwaite, a character in T.S. Eliot's play, "The Cocktail Party"
Julia Forsyte Small, a character in The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy
Julia Sugarbaker, outspoken interior designer, played by Dixie Carter on the sitcom Designing Women

Christian saints
Julia of Corsica, Feast Day May 22
Marie Rose Julia Billiart, Feast Day April 8
Ursula Julia Ledochowska, Saint Ursula, Feast Day October 21

In entertainment
Julia (film), a 1977 film starring Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Fonda, and Jason Robards
Julia (TV series), a TV series starring Diahann Carroll that ran on NBC from 1968 to 1971
Julia (song), a song from The Beatles' White Album
Julia (Eurythmics song), a song by Eurythmics, based on the character in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and featured on their album, 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)
Being Julia, a 2004 movie starring Annette Bening
Julia (band), an emo band from California

Other uses
Julia River, a river in Switzerland
89 Julia, an asteroid
Julia set, a set of fractals defined by Gaston Julia
Dryas julia, the Julia butterfly, a common New World Heliconiinae butterfly
Julia, the replacement for Hurricane Jeanne on the 2010 hurricane lists

See also
Julie (given name)
Yulia
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