Julia

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Julia ( Latin Iulia ) is a female given name .

Origin and meaning

The name Julia means "of the Julier family" and originally referred to the female members of the Roman gens Iulia . These derived their name from Iulus , the grandson of the goddess Venus .

distribution

The name became popular as a first name, particularly through Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet .

In the 19th century the name variant Julie was very common, while the first name Julia was only occasionally given in Germany before 1975. From around 1975 to 2005, Julia was among the 20 most popular first names for girls in Germany. Therefore, the first name is now very common.

Name days

In martyrology Roman listed the Catholic Church:

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variants

Well-known namesake (Julia, Iulia)

Ancient people

  • Iulia (≈130–68 / 69 BC) aunt of Caesar and wife of Marius
  • Iulia († after 40 BC), cousin of Caesar, wife of Mark Antony Creticus and mother of Mark Antony
  • Julia , Caesar's eldest sister
  • Iulia (≈101–51 BC), sister of Caesar, wife of Marcus Atius Balbus, grandmother of Augustus and Octavia
  • Iulia (83 / 76–54 BC), daughter of Caesar and wife of Pompey
  • Iulia (39 BC - 14 AD), daughter of Augustus and wife of Agrippas and Tiberius
  • Iulia (19/18 BC - 28 AD), granddaughter of Augustus and daughter of Agrippa
  • Iulia (5–43), daughter of the younger Drusus
  • Iulia Livilla (18–42), sister of Caligulas
  • Iulia Drusilla (40–41), daughter of Caligula
  • Iulia (64/66 – ≈88), daughter of Titus
  • Julia Domna († 217), second wife of Septimius Severus
  • Julia Maesa († ≈224 / 25), grandmother of Elagabal
  • Julia Soaemias († 222), daughter of Iulia Maesas and mother of Elagabal
  • Julia Mamaea († ≈235), daughter of Iulia Maesa and mother of Severus Alexander

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  • Julia Manchehner (1985–2017), German triathlete, long-distance runner and duathlon vice world champion
  • Julia Voss (* 1974), German art critic and science historian
  • Julia Voth (* 1985), Canadian actress

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Individual evidence

  1. http://www.gfds.de/vornamen/beliebeneste-vornamen/
  2. http://www.beliebte-vornamen.de/4964-julia.htm