| Julie | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Meaning | Youthful, Vivacious |
| Origin | French |
| Related names | Julian, Julia, Julius |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Julie |
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Julie is a popular French first name which originally comes from the Latin Julia which could mean youthful, soft-haired, or vivacious. It is the feminine form of Julius.
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Popularity
Julie has perpetually been one of the most popular female names used in the United States. According to the United States' Social Security Administration, Julie was consistently in the top one-hundred registered female names in the forty years between 1951 and 1991; peaking at #10 in 1971. Additionally, a variation of the name Julie, Julia has been in the top one-hundred since 1980.[1] Julie has also been a popular given name in some European countries. In the most recently available statistics, the name was the fourth most popular female name in Belgium in 2005[2] and ninth most popular in Denmark in the first half of 2005.[3] In France, the name was only mildly popular in the beginning of the 20th century and its usage nearly disappeared between 1940 and 1970. It then suddenly soared to previously unknown heights, reaching its peak in 1987 when 9.908 Julies were born. It was the 17th most popular name in 2006. Interestingly, Julie may be given to males as well, though mostly as a second or third given name. In 2006, 204 Frenchmen had Julie among their given names.[4]
History
The first appearance of Julie in a popular non-French literary work occurred with Swedish playwright August Strindberg's tragedy Miss Julie in 1888. As it became one of the most widely performed plays in the English-speaking world, the choice of Julie as a name expanded along with it.
Name days
The name day for Julie is celebrated in the Czech Republic on December 10, in Italy on May 22, and in France on April 8.[5]
Alternative spellings and translations
- Julia (Latin)
- Julie (Czech, English)
- Juliino (Esperanto)
- Julia (German)
- Julia (Interlingua)
- Giulia (Italian)
- Junia (Norwegian)
- Júlia (Portuguese)
- Julia, July (not to be confused with a month of a calendar) (Spanish)
- Jorna, Jillie, Jennifer, Julia (Swedish)
- Yulia, Yulia, Yulya, Yuliya, Ioulia (Russian / Ukrainian)
References
- ^ United States Social Security Administration's statistics on babynames Search terms: Julie and Julia. Retrieved 25 April 2007.
- ^ Statistics Belgium. Voornamen van jongens en meisjes - België, Vlaanderen, Wallonië en Brussel. Retrieved April 25, 2007.
- ^ Statistics Denmark. (January, 13 2006). Fornavne for børn født i 1. halvår 2005. Retrieved April 25, 2007.
- ^ femalesmales
- ^ Calendar – Nameday France. Retrieved April 25, 2007.
