Julia
JOO-lee-uh
A classic Roman name from the Julian line, most directly meaning “of Julius.”
Meaning
Julia is the feminine form of Julius. In the excerpted nineteenth-century sources, it is explained as a name derived from the Latin Julianus, formed from Julius; one source also gives the old etymological gloss “downy bearded,” though another source labels it simply as “the feminine of Julius.”
Origin
Latinfeminine
Fun fact
In the same family of names, the Julian line gave rise to names like Julian and Juliana, and the Roman name Julia has stayed widely used across Europe for centuries.
Confidence: mixed. Sources: History of Christian Names, Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland.