Julian

given name · Spanish · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Julian is a given name, most frequently recorded in Argentina. In Guadeloupe it is the 19th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Spanish and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: From the personal name Julian, from Latin Iulianus, a derivative of Julius, possibly based on Iuppiter “Jupiter”.

rarermore common
  • ECEcuador1 in 183◐
  • FRFrance1 in 197
  • ATAustria1 in 243

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈1.1M ●

across 11 countries

#400 ●

of 16M given names

5 ●

recorded for this name

Sources
503 ●

3.5M records

Official registry-verified

1 in 183 ◐

Ecuador

Spellings & scripts●

JulianLatin · Spanish●2.3M records
จูเลียนThai · Thai●140 records
ᲯულიანGeorgian · Georgian●3 records
ЖулианCyrillic · Mongolian●1 records
ΖυλιένGreek · Greek●0 records

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Julien in FR France, BE Belgium, CH Switzerland and 2 more and Julián in CR Costa Rica.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

From the personal name Julian, from Latin Iulianus, a derivative of Julius, possibly based on Iuppiter “Jupiter”.

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Julian is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina#170957,106441K rec.—4.5KJulian174
FR France#23345,1501M rec.1 in 197345KJulien451
BR Brazil—327,493△18K rec.1 in 646336KJulian144
MX Mexico#208235,564211K rec.—718Julian196
CO Colombia#45219,94370K rec.—90Julian221
PE Peru#163198,168180K rec.—183KJulian73
US United States#495190,357857K rec.1 in 1.7K190KJulian503
VE Venezuela#197128,98943K rec.——Julian65
DE Germany#211117,22798K rec.—1Julian258
GB United Kingdom#310100,19967K rec.—listedJulian263
EC Ecuador#30492,222△472 rec.1 in 18392KJulian59
AT Austria#4268,1505.8K rec.—19KJulian123

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • Spanish2.3M54%
  • English845K20%
  • Polish234K5%
  • German208K5%
  • Portuguese127K3%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
Spanish2,343,16254%
English845,42720%
Polish234,2555%
German208,3655%
Portuguese126,7233%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Julian is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Polish given name250K records spelled Julian138 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, Russia, Ukraine, United States

    Languages: Polish, Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Юлиан, Юліан, Yulian, Julijan, Iulian

  • a separate given name60K records spelled Julian5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, India, United Kingdom

    Also written Julián, Julían, Júlian, Juliàn

  • Norwegian Bokmål given name27K records spelled Julian17 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Julián, Julianus, Júlian, Júlían

  • Indonesian given name26K records spelled Julian5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Philippines

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Julián, 'Julian, Julian'

  • Swahili given name18K records spelled Julian3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Kenya, Philippines, South Africa

    Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

    Also written Julián

  • Finnish given name7.4K records spelled Julian7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland, United States, United Kingdom, Estonia

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Julián, Julîän, Julianus, Jüliân

  • Albanian given name7.3K records spelled Julian3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Albania, United States, Spain, Italy

    Also written Julián, Jûlîåñ

  • Italian given name4.7K records spelled Julian12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Spain, United Kingdom

    Also written Giuliano, Julián, Iulianus, Julianus, Gìuliano

77 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Julian is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, from Latin Julianus/Juliana, from Julius; first attested Julian de Horbelinghe Hy 2 Gilb (L)

    as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames

  • In French, From Latin Julianus, derivative of Julius, a Roman family name.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • English (common in Devon and Cornwall), Spanish (Julian), and German: from a personal name, Latin lulianus, a derivative of lulius (see Julius), which was borne by a number of early saints. In Middle English the name was borne in the same form by women, whence the modem girl’s name Gillian.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In English, and German: from a medieval given name (L lulianus, a deriv. of lulius; see Julio), which had been borne by a number of early saints. In ME the name was borne in the same form by women, whence the mod. girl’s name Gillian.

    as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

  • In English, The Roman emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus or Julian the Philosopher or Julian the Apostate.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

02.5K5K7.5K10K1900195020008.5K · 2017

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Julian in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 1880–2025
Yearrecords
188032
188136
188241
188348
188448
188549
188650
188740
188847
188949
189063
189143
189252
189368
189453
189555
189657
189753
189869
189945
190079
190166
190262
190359
190465
190578
1906102
190792
190888
1909102
1910129
1911152
1912294
1913360
1914449
1915579
1916625
1917652
1918724
1919686
1920693
1921765
1922773
1923673
1924728
1925716
1926703
1927621
1928633
1929592
1930592
1931502
1932559
1933455
1934474
1935497
1936449
1937449
1938425
1939458
1940510
1941501
1942530
1943554
1944457
1945462
1946523
1947552
1948533
1949535
1950505
1951492
1952521
1953520
1954494
1955470
1956449
1957454
1958460
1959462
1960492
1961525
1962478
1963471
1964507
1965461
1966452
1967452
1968472
1969525
1970634
1971645
1972624
1973716
1974650
1975744
1976735
1977745
1978643
1979664
1980753
1981869
1982991
1983932
1984938
19851,529
19861,546
19871,492
19881,673
19892,210
19902,700
19912,690
19922,548
19932,489
19942,505
19952,703
19962,857
19972,911
19983,053
19993,218
20004,590
20014,944
20025,223
20035,410
20045,673
20056,116
20066,797
20076,781
20087,469
20097,388
20107,589
20117,627
20127,389
20137,521
20147,686
20158,064
20168,388
20178,455
20188,368
20198,443
20207,552
20217,693
20227,305
20237,097
20247,390
20257,603

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

18001850190019502000Rudolf Clausius, b. 1822Groucho Marx, b. 1890J. Robert Oppenheimer, b. 1904Julius Axelrod, b. 1912Julian Schwinger, b. 1918Julius Nyerere, b. 1922Julian Barnes, b. 1946Julius Maada Bio, b. 1964Mats Hummels, b. 1988Julian Draxler, b. 1993
  • Rudolf Clausiusb. 1822DEnot in their usual nameGerman mathematical physicist and professor (1822–1888)
  • Groucho Marxb. 1890USnot in their usual nameAmerican comedian (1890–1977)
  • J. Robert Oppenheimerb. 1904USnot in their usual nameAmerican theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
  • Julius Axelrodb. 1912USnot in their usual nameAmerican biochemist (1912–2004)
  • Julian Schwingerb. 1918USAmerican theoretical physicist (1918–1994)
  • Julius Nyerereb. 1922TZnot in their usual nameTanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922–1999)
  • Julian Barnesb. 1946GBEnglish writer (born 1946)
  • Julius Maada Biob. 1964SLnot in their usual namePresident of Sierra Leone since 2018
  • Mats Hummelsb. 1988DEnot in their usual nameGerman footballer (born 1988)
  • Julian Draxlerb. 1993DEGerman association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 135 sources across 67 countries.

Official registers attesting Julian
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020190K#286
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—62K#67
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—59K#152
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)202645K#98
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—43K#99
AT AustriaStatistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)202419K#20
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)202419K#303
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—16K#294
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201016K#2,349
EC EcuadorINEC — civil registry names202415K#151
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200015K#2,277
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202015K#2,427

Reference works 8

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,786 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Julian?
We estimate roughly 1.1 million people bear Julian (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.
In which country does Julian have the most bearers?
Julian is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled julian.
Where is Julian most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Julian is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 183 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.
How common is Julian compared with other names?
In Argentina, Julian is the 170th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.
Is Julian a male or female name?
Julian is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Julian mean?
Recorded meaning: From the personal name Julian, from Latin Iulianus, a derivative of Julius, possibly based on Iuppiter “Jupiter”.
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Julian” — the 170th most common given name in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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