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Meaning of the nameJhuly

Jhuly is a spelling of the name Juli, which means “hypocoristic of Juliana, 'relating to Julius'”.

Meaning

“hypocoristic of Juliana, 'relating to Julius'”

Meaning of the name Juli, of which Jhuly is a spelling.

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Juliana

People (2022)
2,403
Rank in Brazil
#4,529
Median age
13 years
2010 Census
1,103
people

Jhuly in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jhuly, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (863 people).

2,383 women 20 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Jhuly is most common

States with the highest share of people named Jhuly in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Amazonas 0.005%
  2. Pará 0.005%
  3. Maranhão 0.002%
  4. Goiás 0.002%
  5. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará3950.005%
Minas Gerais2830.001%
Rio de Janeiro2310.001%
Amazonas2120.005%
São Paulo1650.000%
Paraná1460.001%
Maranhão1440.002%
Goiás1300.002%
Espírito Santo670.002%
Amapá660.009%
Santa Catarina620.001%
Distrito Federal600.002%
Rio Grande do Sul590.001%
Bahia540.000%
Ceará520.001%
Pernambuco370.000%
Mato Grosso340.001%
Tocantins310.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul260.001%
Rondônia260.002%
Sergipe250.001%
Roraima210.003%
Rio Grande do Norte190.001%
Piauí170.001%
Alagoas170.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Jhuly

It combines the initial JH with the final Y, without doubling the L; the Dicionário lists it as a variant of Juli.

About the name Juli

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Juli as a hypocoristic of Juliana and classifies it as a brasileirismo (a Brazilianism), noting that the nickname of Julia, Juliana and similar names produced forms such as Juli and July in several languages. Juliana comes from Latin Iulianus, from Iulio, 'relating to Julius'; the origin of Julius is uncertain, perhaps from Greek iolous, 'downy-bearded', or linked to the god Jupiter, according to Behind the Name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,562 people named Juli, with a median age of 20. The name is used mostly as female, and the spellings with Y and with JH are recorded variants of the nickname.

Other spellings of Juli

SpellingPeople (2022)
Jully4,489
Jhully3,914
July3,488
Juli2,562
Jhuly2,403

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Juli · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Juliana · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Julius · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Jhuly

What does the name Jhuly mean?

Jhuly means “hypocoristic of Juliana, 'relating to Julius'”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil. This is the meaning of the name Juli, of which Jhuly is a spelling.

How many people are named Jhuly in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,403 people with the first name Jhuly, which ranks it number 4,529 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Jhuly a boy's or a girl's name?

Jhuly is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,383 women and 20 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Jhuly?

Jhuly is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Jhuly most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.005% of the state's population is named Jhuly (212 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jhuly?

Jully, Jhully, July and Juli. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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