Julie (given name)

Julie (given name)

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Julie


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gender = Female
meaning = Youthful, Vivacious
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origin = French
related names = Julian, Julia, Julius
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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.

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. [http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi "United States Social Security Administration's statistics on babynames"] Search terms: "Julie" and "Julia". Retrieved 25 April 2007.]

"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 2005Statistics Belgium. [http://statbel.fgov.be/figures/d22a_nl.asp Voornamen van jongens en meisjes - België, Vlaanderen, Wallonië en Brussel] . Retrieved April 25, 2007. ] and ninth most popular in Denmark in the first half of 2005.Statistics Denmark. (January, 13 2006). [http://www.dst.dk/Statistik/Navne/bestemt_aar/20051.aspx Fornavne for børn født i 1. halvår 2005] . Retrieved April 25, 2007. ] 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. [ [http://www.meilleursprenoms.com/stats/histogram.php3?recherche=julie&imageField.x=29&imageField.y=13 females] [http://www.meilleursprenoms.com/stats/histogram.php3?recherche=julie&sexe=1 males] ]

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. [http://www.calendar.sk/nameday-swfrhor.php Calendar – Nameday France] . Retrieved April 25, 2007. ]

Alternative spellings and translations

*Julia (Latin)
*Julie (Czech, English)
*Juliino (Esperanto)
*Julia (German)
*Julia (Interlingua)
*Giulia (Italian)
*Jülide (Turkish)
*Julie (Norwegian)
*Júlia (Portuguese)
*Julia, July (Spanish)
*Jorna, Jillie, Jennifer, Julia (Swedish)
*Yulia, Yulia, Yulya, Yuliya, Ioulia (Russian / Ukrainian)

Rare spelling

*Jully, the given name of Canadian singer Jully Black

References

ee also

*Julia
*Yulia
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