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Nicknames for Julietta

Juju, Julie, Lily, Etta.

Meanings and history of the name Julietta

The name Julietta is of Latin origin and originally meant 'youthful, Jove's child.' The diminutive suffix 'et' or 'ette' in French, means small, or cute, making Julietta a diminutive form of the name Julie or Julia. Many variants of the name exist in various languages (Julie,Juliet, Juliette, Giuletta, Juliaetta, Julieta, Juliett, Juliette, Julyet, Julette, -et ).

Famous real-life people named Julietta

Saint Julietta (also known as Julitta (Greek: Ἰουλίττα)) and her son Saint Quiricus (also known as Kērykos (Greek: Κήρυκος), Cyriacus, Qyriacus, Cyricus, Ciricus and Cyr) were martyred in AD 304 in Tarsus.

There are a few churches in England dedicated to Saint Quiricus and Saint Julietta, including one found at Tickenham4 and another at Swaffham Prior, in Cambridgeshire. In Cornwall, they can be found in the villages of Luxulyan and St Veep, and there was also once a chapel at Calstock dedicated to these two saints.

Julietta in song, story & screen

Julietta is an opera by Bohuslav Martinů, who also wrote the libretto, which is based on the play Juliette, ou La clé des songes (Juliette, or The Key of Dreams) by the French author Georges Neveux.