Meaning of the nameJuliana

Female
Latin origin
Ju-li-a-na

Juliana is a female name of Latin origin, the feminine of Iulianus, 'relating to Julius'; Julius probably comes from a Greek word for a sparse, soft beard.

Meaning

“feminine of Juliano, 'relating to Julius'; Julius perhaps comes from a Greek word for 'soft beard'”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Juliana · Behind the Name: Julius

People (2022): 538,991
Rank in Brazil: #33
Median age: 32 years
2010 Census: 564,706; people

Juliana in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Juliana, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (210,048 people).

536,687 women 2,304 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 Juliana is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	148,428	0.334%
Rio de Janeiro	58,363	0.364%
Minas Gerais	56,293	0.274%
Paraná	32,108	0.281%
Rio Grande do Sul	32,106	0.295%
Bahia	27,383	0.194%
Santa Catarina	23,921	0.314%
Pernambuco	20,461	0.226%
Goiás	17,225	0.244%
Pará	15,130	0.186%
Ceará	14,008	0.159%
Maranhão	11,186	0.165%
Espírito Santo	10,780	0.281%
Distrito Federal	8,885	0.315%
Paraíba	8,036	0.202%
Mato Grosso	7,928	0.217%
Amazonas	7,536	0.191%
Mato Grosso do Sul	7,164	0.260%
Alagoas	6,770	0.217%
Rio Grande do Norte	6,242	0.189%
Piauí	4,976	0.152%
Sergipe	4,128	0.187%
Rondônia	3,161	0.200%
Tocantins	2,815	0.186%
Amapá	1,468	0.200%
Acre	1,365	0.165%
Roraima	1,125	0.177%

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

About the name Juliana

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) gives Juliana as the feminine of Julianus, from Latin Iulianus, from Iulio plus the suffix -anus, and says Iulio probably comes from the Greek for 'sparse, shaggy, soft beard'. Behind the Name also points to the Greek origin as a possibility, and mentions the hypothesis of a link to Jupiter. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 538,991 people named Juliana, the largest group born in the 1980s. Wiktionary records Julyana as an alternative form used in Brazil.

The most common spelling in the group, with a single N; proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

Other spellings of Juliana

Spelling	People (2022)
Juliana	538,991
Julianna	1,861

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Juliana · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Behind the Name: Juliana · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Julius · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Juliana · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Juliana

What does the name Juliana mean?

Juliana means “feminine of Juliano, 'relating to Julius'; Julius perhaps comes from a Greek word for 'soft beard'”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Juliana in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 538,991 people with the first name Juliana, which ranks it number 33 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Juliana is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 536,687 women and 2,304 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Juliana?

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

In which Brazilian state is Juliana most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.364% of the state's population is named Juliana (58,363 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Juliana?

Julianna. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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