Meaning of the nameJulie

Julie is a female name, the French form of Julia, from the Latin Iulia; the meaning of the underlying Latin name, Julius, is uncertain.

Meaning

The meaning of Julie is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 7,264
Rank in Brazil: #2,116
Median age: 20 years
2010 Census: 4,917; people

Julie in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Julie, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (1,847 people).

7,128 women 136 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 Julie is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,418	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	917	0.006%
Minas Gerais	758	0.004%
Rio Grande do Sul	697	0.006%
Paraná	499	0.004%
Santa Catarina	452	0.006%
Pará	383	0.005%
Amazonas	328	0.008%
Goiás	230	0.003%
Bahia	197	0.001%
Ceará	172	0.002%
Distrito Federal	158	0.006%
Pernambuco	155	0.002%
Espírito Santo	101	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	99	0.004%
Mato Grosso	93	0.003%
Paraíba	82	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	76	0.002%
Amapá	76	0.010%
Maranhão	75	0.001%
Alagoas	65	0.002%
Sergipe	63	0.003%
Rondônia	56	0.004%
Roraima	41	0.006%
Piauí	34	0.001%
Tocantins	26	0.002%

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

About the name Julie

Wiktionary records Julie, in Norwegian, as a borrowing from the French Julie, from the Latin Iūlia, the feminine of Iūlius. Behind the Name gives it as the French, Danish, Norwegian and Czech form of Julia. For Julius, Behind the Name says the origin is uncertain: possibly from the Greek ioulos, 'downy-bearded', or linked to Jupiter. In the entry Júlia, the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil gives Iulia as the feminine of Iulio, from the Greek iolous, 'thin, soft beard'; in the entry Julie, it refers to the English Julie and lists Jhulie, Jhulye and Julye as spelling variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,264 people named Julie, with a median age of 20.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Julie

What does the name Julie mean?

The meaning of Julie is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Julie in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,264 people with the first name Julie, which ranks it number 2,116 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Julie is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 7,128 women and 136 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Julie?

Julie is a name of French and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Julie most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.008% of the state's population is named Julie (328 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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