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Meaning of the nameJully

Jully 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 Jully is a spelling.

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Juliana

People (2022)
4,489
Rank in Brazil
#2,959
Median age
18 years
2010 Census
2,517
people

Jully in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jully, 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 (1,492 people).

4,417 women 72 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 Jully is most common

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

  1. Rio de Janeiro 0.004%
  2. Amazonas 0.004%
  3. Pará 0.004%
  4. Distrito Federal 0.004%
  5. Goiás 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio de Janeiro7060.004%
Minas Gerais5720.003%
São Paulo5200.001%
Pará3020.004%
Goiás2310.003%
Rio Grande do Sul2300.002%
Paraná2290.002%
Amazonas1740.004%
Ceará1470.002%
Pernambuco1440.002%
Bahia1380.001%
Santa Catarina1360.002%
Mato Grosso1160.003%
Maranhão1030.002%
Distrito Federal1010.004%
Rio Grande do Norte970.003%
Sergipe930.004%
Paraíba920.002%
Espírito Santo830.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul780.003%
Alagoas640.002%
Amapá450.006%
Rondônia270.002%
Roraima200.003%
Tocantins170.001%
Piauí150.001%

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

The spelling Jully

It doubles the L and uses Y at the end; it is the most common spelling in the group.

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 Jully

What does the name Jully mean?

Jully 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 Jully is a spelling.

How many people are named Jully in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,489 people with the first name Jully, which ranks it number 2,959 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Jully is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,417 women and 72 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Jully?

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

In which Brazilian state is Jully most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.004% of the state's population is named Jully (706 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jully?

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

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