Julien

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Julian in AR Argentina, US United States, ES Spain and 20 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●

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

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◐

Julien is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name145K records spelled Julien27 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, Germany, Netherlands

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Juliën, Julièn, Julién, Juliên, Jülien

• a separate given name7.0K records spelled Julien5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, Switzerland, Belgium

  Also written Julie͏̈n, Júlien, Juliën, Julién

• Polish given name4.2K records spelled Julien11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Czechia, Bulgaria, United States

  Languages: Polish, Czech, Bulgarian

  Also written Juliën, Jüĺìěň, Júlien

• Danish given name2.4K records spelled Julien8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Belgium

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian

  Also written Juliën, Julién, Julìeń

• Indonesian given name1.8K records spelled Julien2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Belgium, Philippines

  Also written Juliën

87 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●

Julien 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 French, French form of Julianus, from Latin Julius.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, variant spelling of Julian. iSSHSES From the Dauphine region of France, a Julien, also called Vantabon, is documented in Quebec city in 1654. A Julien or Jullien, from Poitou, is recorded in Quebec city in 1665. Other secondary surnames associated with this name include LeDragon and Saint-Juhen.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In French, Du nom latin Julianus, dérivé de Julius.

  as a name·Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

• In French, Du latin Iulianus, dérivé de Julius; nom romain lié à la gens des Iulii.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, Du latin Iulius, nom d'une illustre famille romaine antique.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

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●

RE INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion) — 123 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Julien Offray de La Mettrieb. 1709FRFrench physician and philosopher
• Henri Rousseaub. 1844FRnot in their usual nameFrench painter (1844–1910)
• Julien Duvivierb. 1896FRFrench film director (1896–1967)
• Julien Greenb. 1900USAmerican author (1900–1998)
• Maurice Ronetb. 1927FRnot in their usual nameFrench actor (1927–1983)
• Julien Guiomarb. 1928FRFrench film actor (1928–2010)
• Hugo Clausb. 1929BEnot in their usual nameBelgian author (1929–2008)
• Julien Templeb. 1953GBEnglish film and music video director
• Julien Escudéb. 1979FRFrench footballer (born 1979)
• Julien Alfredb. 2001LCSaint Lucian sprinter (born 2001)

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,004 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Julien?

We estimate roughly 1.1 million people bear Julien (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Julien have the most bearers?

Julien is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled julian.

Where is Julien most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Julien is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 183 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Julien compared with other names?

In Argentina, Julien is the 170th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Julien a male or female name?

Julien 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 Julien mean?

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