Julia Forename
205th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,633,946 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Peru
Julia Forename Definition:
A female name. the f. form of Julius (q.v.). Julie has been common in France and Giulia in Italy since the 16th C. It first appears in England in the poems of Herrick and seems not to have been used as a christian name until the 18th C.
Read More About This ForenameJulia Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 440,801 | 1:486 | 54 |
| United States | 100% | 333,454 | 1:1,087 | 235 |
| Mexico | 100% | 228,522 | 1:543 | 107 |
| Peru | 100% | 193,368 | 1:164 | 18 |
| Germany | 100% | 126,100 | 1:767 | 188 |
| Spain | 99% | 123,179 | 1:378 | 77 |
| Argentina | 100% | 97,448 | 1:439 | 109 |
| England | 100% | 83,929 | 1:662 | 148 |
| Colombia | 100% | 56,551 | 1:845 | 137 |
| Poland | 100% | 56,216 | 1:676 | 120 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 52,115 | 1:203 | 22 |
| South Africa | 100% | 49,334 | 1:1,105 | 134 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 44,418 | 1:363 | 62 |
| Ecuador | - | 42,339 | 1:419 | 85 |
| Angola | 100% | 37,384 | 1:721 | 157 |
| Cuba | - | 35,047 | 1:328 | 79 |
| Chile | 100% | 33,846 | 1:520 | 120 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 31,466 | 1:960 | 149 |
| Indonesia | 96% | 27,620 | 1:9,340 | 1,274 |
| Philippines | 99% | 27,409 | 1:3,868 | 677 |
| Russia | 100% | 24,020 | 1:6,005 | 289 |
| Kenya | 100% | 23,646 | 1:1,958 | 358 |
| Honduras | 100% | 21,961 | 1:402 | 57 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 20,829 | 1:347 | 56 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 19,521 | 1:8,169 | 1,066 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 18,877 | 1:817 | 145 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 16,803 | 1:621 | 84 |
| El Salvador | - | 16,170 | 1:392 | 59 |
| South Sudan | 98% | 15,866 | 1:728 | 189 |
| Sweden | 100% | 15,721 | 1:627 | 119 |
| Sudan | 100% | 15,072 | 1:2,508 | 453 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 14,208 | 1:1,663 | 389 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 14,147 | 1:425 | 59 |
| Austria | 100% | 14,139 | 1:602 | 141 |
| Australia | - | 12,596 | 1:1,084 | 225 |
| Congo | 100% | 12,552 | 1:399 | 58 |
| Namibia | - | 12,468 | 1:193 | 25 |
| Belgium | 100% | 11,798 | 1:974 | 229 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 11,592 | 1:2,627 | 253 |
| Canada | 100% | 11,081 | 1:2,990 | 560 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 10,943 | 1:1,545 | 325 |
| France | 100% | 8,614 | 1:7,717 | 559 |
| Thailand | 100% | 8,161 | 1:8,585 | 1,428 |
| Zambia | - | 7,183 | 1:2,207 | 397 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 6,602 | 1:26,896 | 2,466 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 6,572 | 1:522 | 116 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 6,412 | 1:8,233 | 1,158 |
| Uganda | 99% | 6,316 | 1:6,485 | 746 |
| Panama | 100% | 6,021 | 1:649 | 94 |
| New Zealand | - | 5,402 | 1:840 | 197 |
| Finland | 100% | 5,102 | 1:1,075 | 235 |
| Estonia | 100% | 4,896 | 1:269 | 39 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,800 | 1:5,676 | 1,044 |
| Egypt | 100% | 4,641 | 1:19,802 | 1,525 |
| Liberia | 100% | 4,430 | 1:996 | 195 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 4,095 | 1:2,006 | 393 |
| Scotland | 100% | 4,094 | 1:1,307 | 236 |
| Wales | 100% | 4,039 | 1:766 | 189 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3,964 | 1:1,171 | 211 |
| Romania | 100% | 3,692 | 1:5,431 | 493 |
| India | 100% | 3,672 | 1:330,849 | 29,927 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3,633 | 1:1,312 | 265 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3,611 | 1:5,985 | 865 |
| Ghana | 100% | 3,427 | 1:7,875 | 823 |
| Malawi | 100% | 3,067 | 1:5,579 | 784 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3,056 | 1:1,738 | 197 |
| Haiti | 100% | 2,776 | 1:3,864 | 584 |
| China | - | 2,681 | 1:509,532 | 26,352 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2,295 | 1:2,452 | 459 |
| DR Congo | 96% | 2,253 | 1:32,769 | 2,371 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 2,232 | 1:13,793 | 1,529 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,196 | 1:1,313 | 328 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,783 | 1:1,225 | 217 |
| Belarus | 99% | 1,678 | 1:5,651 | 208 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,632 | 1:18,880 | 2,474 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1,621 | 1:6,041 | 270 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1,486 | 1:7,171 | 386 |
| Denmark | - | 1,470 | 1:3,843 | 512 |
| Kazakhstan | 97% | 1,251 | 1:14,186 | 1,055 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,250 | 1:2,840 | 312 |
| Lesotho | 99% | 1,183 | 1:1,724 | 266 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,156 | 1:84,395 | 6,393 |
| Norway | 100% | 1,136 | 1:4,518 | 581 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,127 | 1:1,635 | 291 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,082 | 1:1,741 | 413 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 990 | 1:8,235 | 841 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 918 | 1:633 | 132 |
| Israel | 100% | 917 | 1:9,163 | 1,206 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 896 | 1:9,347 | 1,018 |
| Morocco | - | 873 | 1:39,346 | 1,828 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 787 | 1:26,428 | 3,311 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 659 | 1:2,066 | 408 |
| Greece | 100% | 645 | 1:16,953 | 891 |
| Singapore | 100% | 546 | 1:11,515 | 2,354 |
| Ukraine | - | 534 | 1:85,206 | 781 |
| Barbados | - | 504 | 1:575 | 132 |
| Belize | 100% | 477 | 1:743 | 114 |
| Bahamas | - | 474 | 1:843 | 215 |
| Qatar | 92% | 417 | 1:5,683 | 915 |
| South Korea | 100% | 393 | 1:14,108 | 1,554 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 376 | 1:2,317 | 342 |
| Fiji | - | 374 | 1:2,386 | 670 |
| Japan | - | 368 | 1:347,788 | 9,282 |
| Hong Kong | - | 366 | 1:21,182 | 2,156 |
| Albania | 99% | 340 | 1:8,960 | 1,455 |
| Malta | - | 330 | 1:1,301 | 282 |
| Jordan | 100% | 308 | 1:28,658 | 1,234 |
| Iraq | 100% | 304 | 1:115,190 | 2,624 |
| Vanuatu | - | 292 | 1:897 | 247 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 276 | 1:86,122 | 10,800 |
| Italy | 100% | 274 | 1:222,854 | 3,070 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 273 | 1:9,006 | 849 |
| Guam | - | 265 | 1:606 | 104 |
| Guyana | 100% | 244 | 1:3,128 | 610 |
| Portugal | - | 231 | 1:45,069 | 1,625 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 230 | 1:677 | 216 |
| Suriname | 100% | 214 | 1:2,583 | 601 |
| Latvia | 100% | 210 | 1:9,598 | 654 |
| Swaziland | - | 205 | 1:6,342 | 1,007 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 203 | 1:876 | 133 |
| Syria | - | 201 | 1:96,050 | 1,869 |
| Andorra | - | 200 | 1:414 | 70 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 193 | 1:1,007,035 | 17,766 |
| Brunei | 100% | 191 | 1:2,197 | 221 |
| Palestine | 100% | 184 | 1:24,729 | 1,176 |
| Georgia | 96% | 177 | 1:21,121 | 1,483 |
| Armenia | 99% | 171 | 1:17,069 | 1,103 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 169 | 1:17,467 | 777 |
| Bahrain | - | 163 | 1:8,274 | 1,321 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 158 | 1:3,570 | 443 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 157 | 1:3,030 | 184 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 145 | 1:757 | 130 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 144 | 1:1,333 | 266 |
| Moldova | - | 131 | 1:27,184 | 703 |
| Serbia | 100% | 131 | 1:54,547 | 2,108 |
| Cape Verde | - | 130 | 1:4,070 | 593 |
| Ivory Coast | 98% | 127 | 1:181,700 | 9,273 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 127 | 1:43,093 | 732 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 116 | 1:61,655 | 5,392 |
| Iceland | 100% | 114 | 1:3,211 | 459 |
| French Polynesia | - | 113 | 1:2,459 | 522 |
| Micronesia | - | 113 | 1:942 | 147 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 103 | 1:900 | 221 |
| Jersey | 100% | 98 | 1:1,020 | 220 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 98 | 1:1,139 | 185 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Burkina Faso | 97% | 93 | 1:197,629 | 8,875 |
| Turkey | 100% | 91 | 1:854,964 | 9,177 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 83 | 1:763 | 171 |
| Iran | 100% | 82 | 1:957,279 | 8,404 |
| Bermuda | - | 81 | 1:800 | 163 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 78 | 1:3,464 | 549 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 76 | 1:1,308 | 280 |
| Senegal | 100% | 73 | 1:199,745 | 4,067 |
| Vietnam | - | 72 | 1:1,286,432 | 2,881 |
| Aruba | - | 71 | 1:1,462 | 299 |
| Bulgaria | - | 70 | 1:99,863 | 3,554 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 70 | 1:876 | 175 |
| American Samoa | - | 69 | 1:809 | 73 |
| Grenada | 100% | 66 | 1:1,638 | 351 |
| Benin | 100% | 64 | 1:165,248 | 8,434 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 63 | 1:601 | 137 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 61 | 1:805 | 178 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 96% | 56 | 1:106,666 | 6,884 |
| Croatia | 100% | 55 | 1:76,674 | 2,164 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 48 | 1:200,895 | 6,406 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 48 | 1:651 | 108 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 45 | 1:1,219 | 275 |
| Greenland | - | 44 | 1:1,281 | 267 |
| Cambodia | 65% | 43 | 1:378,450 | 9,175 |
| Dominica | - | 42 | 1:1,797 | 295 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 42 | 1:7,575 | 1,040 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 38 | 1:1,439 | 300 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 36 | 1:31,602 | 257 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 30 | 1:1,087,451 | 12,872 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 29 | 1:1,767 | 266 |
| Gambia | - | 25 | 1:77,064 | 396 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 25 | 1:454,857 | 1,393 |
| Yemen | - | 21 | 1:1,252,226 | 3,331 |
| Monaco | 100% | 19 | 1:2,025 | 405 |
| Mongolia | - | 18 | 1:163,045 | 8,219 |
| Myanmar | - | 17 | 1:3,055,781 | 1,075 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| Macau | - | 14 | 1:43,444 | 529 |
| Oman | - | 13 | 1:316,051 | 4,191 |
| Burundi | - | 9 | 1:1,100,729 | 1,050 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 9 | 1:3,856 | 936 |
| Cook Islands | - | 8 | 1:2,269 | 351 |
| Kosovo | - | 8 | 1:232,680 | 8,489 |
| Nepal | - | 8 | 1:3,560,919 | 43,416 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 7 | 1:12,146 | 242 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 7 | 1:902 | 214 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 5 | 1:48,684 | 1,663 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 5 | 1:259,557 | 4,811 |
| Guinea | - | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 4 | 1:158,644 | 3,180 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Akrotiri and Dhekelia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,795 | 134 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Maldives | 100% | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 1 | 1:53,551 | 905 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
The alternate forms: Júlia (193,242) are calculated separately.
Julia (29,647) may also be a surname.
Julia Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. the f. form of Julius (q.v.). Julie has been common in France and Giulia in Italy since the 16th C. It first appears in England in the poems of Herrick and seems not to have been used as a christian name until the 18th C.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
This, the natural f. of Julius, dates from early Roman times. It was at its English height ca. 1720-1890. See Julius.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The feminine of Julius.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Latin (feminine) - Soft-haired.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Jew'-le-a, downy. One whom Paul salutes, Rom. xvi. 15.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: feminine of following.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Latin name, meaning: Downy-face.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Julia Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 661 (2016)
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