Julia
[ˈdʒuːliə]Meaning
feminine form of the Roman family name Julius
Background Story
Julia is the feminine form of the Roman family name Julius. It was borne by Julia Augusta, the wife of Emperor Augustus, and by Julia the Elder, the daughter of Augustus and wife of Tiberius, and a person by this name has a brief mention in the New Testament. Shakespeare used it in his comedy The Two Gentlemen of Verona in 1594, and it has been common as a given name in the English-speaking world only since the 18th century.
Variations
Juliana, Julie, Jules
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