Juliet

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Juliette in FR France, BE Belgium, BR Brazil and 10 more.

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 19 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◐

Juliet is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name74K records spelled Juliet26 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Colombia, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Juliët, Juliét, Julǐet, Jüliët, Jùliet

• a separate given name8.9K records spelled Juliet2 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Juliët

• Turkish given name352 records spelled Juliet4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Jüliet, Juliët

• Croatian given name323 records spelled Juliet9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Croatia

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Џулијет, Juliët, Džulijet

55 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●

Juliet 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.

• Anglicized form of French Juliette or Italian Giulietta, diminutive forms of Julia. The name is most famous as that of the ‘star-crossed’ heroine of Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• A feminine form of Julius, popularised by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Junan/Junanan (m) Variants of Adamnan.

  as a name·Irish first names

• In Swahili, English given name; from Shakespeare

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• English: Anglicized form of French JULIETTE or Italian GIULIETTA . The name is most famous as that of the ‘star-crossed’ heroine of Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet .

  as a word

• In Portuguese, a type of colourful sunglasses manufactured by Oakley, Inc. which in Brazil became popular among funkeiros

  as a word·kaikki.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●

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●

• Juliet Andersonb. 1938USAmerican pornographic actress and director
• Katharine Rossb. 1940USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
• Juliet Millsb. 1941GBBritish actress
• Juliet Bertob. 1947FRactress, film director (1947–1990)
• Juliet Stevensonb. 1956GBEnglish actor (born 1956)
• Katrin Cartlidgeb. 1961GBnot in their usual nameEnglish actress (1961-2002)
• Juliet Landaub. 1965USAmerican actress
• Juliet Aubreyb. 1966GBactress
• Juliet Rylanceb. 1979GBBritish actress
• Juliet Hartleyb. 1990GBBritish-French actress and producer

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 · 720 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Juliet?

We estimate roughly 215 thousand people bear Juliet (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Juliet have the most bearers?

We estimate about 174 thousand people bear Juliet in France, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled juliette.

Where is Juliet most common?

Juliet is densest in France, where the national register counts about 1 in 390 people carrying it.

How common is Juliet compared with other names?

In France, Juliet is the 152nd most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.

Is Juliet a male or female name?

Juliet is a female 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 Juliet mean?

Recorded meaning: Feminine form of Julius, popularised by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.