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Meaning of the nameJuli

Juli is a feminine name recorded as a hypocoristic of Juliana, a Latin name meaning 'relating to Julius'; July, Jully, Jhully and Jhuly are spellings of the same nickname.

Meaning

“hypocoristic of Juliana, 'relating to Julius'”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Juliana

People (2022)
2,562
Rank in Brazil
#4,349
Median age
20 years
2010 Census
3,908
people

Juli in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Juli, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (690 people).

2,331 women 231 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 Juli is most common

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

  1. Pará 0.003%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
  3. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  4. Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
  5. Paraná 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo4170.001%
Rio Grande do Sul2560.002%
Rio de Janeiro2540.002%
Pará2070.003%
Paraná1800.002%
Santa Catarina1730.002%
Bahia1430.001%
Minas Gerais1380.001%
Amazonas940.002%
Pernambuco900.001%
Mato Grosso860.002%
Goiás750.001%
Espírito Santo490.001%
Maranhão440.001%
Ceará420.001%
Rio Grande do Norte420.001%
Sergipe390.002%
Alagoas370.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul370.001%
Distrito Federal310.001%
Rondônia310.002%
Amapá230.003%
Paraíba220.001%
Roraima190.003%

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

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.

The spelling with a final I, the one the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records as an entry.

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 Juli

What does the name Juli mean?

Juli means “hypocoristic of Juliana, 'relating to Julius'”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Juli in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,562 people with the first name Juli, which ranks it number 4,349 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Juli is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,331 women and 231 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Juli?

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

In which Brazilian state is Juli most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.003% of the state's population is named Juli (207 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Juli?

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

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