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International pronunciations are HOO-lee-ah, YOO-lee-ah, and ZHOO-lee-ah

Personal experiences with the name Julia

A more sophisticated alternative to Julie, this name resounds with poise and elegance. Yet, it is certainly not so flowery and overdone as other top girl names in this generation.

a good friend of mine is named Julia Lorelei and i love it!

This is my name and I've had a love/hate relationship with it. Thankfully now I love it and I love how timeless it is. I've met people in their 70's with my name, a handful of people around my age (20's) and lots of younger kids as well.
This is my name and I don`t like most of the nick names. I hate when people pronounce it JOOL-ya, instead of JOO-lee-ah. It sounds so un-prettied... bad way to describe it anyway Jules is my most annoying nickname. If you just call me Julia, pronouncing it right, I will solely LOVE my name.

My name is Julia, I am always getting told my name is old for someone my age, but still pretty. My parents decided to call me julia after a trip to Italy (their are a abundance of julia's their). I cant stand being called Julie, and often have to tell people several times to add the -a. But that has to be the only down side to the name. It also is great for spelling initiative no-one ever spells it wrong, a nice change to my unpronounceable, unspellable surname

My sister is named Julia, middle name Grace. Never had a problem with the name, love it!

Nicknames for Julia

Jules, Jewel, Lia, JJ, Gia, Juju, J, Julie

Meanings and history of the name Julia

This name is derived from the Latin Julius and means youthful.

Famous real-life people named Julia

Julia Fiona Roberts - American actress
Julia Child - American chef
Julia Stiles - American actress
Julia Louis-Dreyfuss - American actress
Julia Gillard - first female Prime Minister of Australia
Julia Mancuso - American Olympic skier
Julia Ward Howe - American poet
Julia Gardiner Tyler - former First Lady of the United states and wife of John Tyler
Julia Dent Grant - former First Lady of the United States and wife of Ulysses S. Grant
Julia van Keeken, currently married with Shawn Mendes
Julia Pierce, American rock singer of the band Cherri Bomb
St. Julia of Carthage, Christian saint, martyr and slave

Julia in song, story & screen

"Julia," song by the Beatles.
"Julia Dream," song by Pink Floyd.
"Hey Julia," song by Robert Palmer.
"Julia" song by Chris Rea
"Julia," television series starring Diahann Carroll.
"Julia," 1977 film starring Jane Fonda & Vanessa Redgrave.
"Being Julia," 2004 film starring Annette Bening.
"Julia," 2008 film starring Tilda Swinton.
Julia, character in "Two Gentleman of Verona."
Julia, character in "The Wedding Singer".
Julia, character on TV series "Nip/Tuck".
Julia, character in "1984" by George Orwell.