Julio

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Julius in PH Philippines, CZ Czechia, FI Finland, Juliusz in PL Poland, FR France, Юлий in RU Russia and Юлій in UA Ukraine.

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 18 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◐

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

• a separate given name154K records spelled Julio5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Bolivia, Spain

  Also written Júlio, Jùlio, Julió, Jülio

• Catalan given name62K records spelled Julio3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Andorra, Argentina

  Also written Julió, Júlio

• Swahili given name7.3K records spelled Julio7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Spain, Ecuador

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

  Also written Júlio

• Finnish given name2.7K records spelled Julio9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Spain, Peru

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Juliö, Júlio, Jülïö, Jüliö, Jülio

79 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●

Julio 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.

• from the personal name Julio, a vernacular form of Latin Julius.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, A former coin of Italy, struck by Pope Julius II (1503-13).

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, July

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Du latin Julius, nom de la gens romaine des Iulii; lié à Iule, fils d’Énée et de Vénus.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In Esperanto, July (seventh month of the Gregorian calendar)

  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●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 125 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●

• Pedro V of Portugalb. 1837PTnot in their usual nameKing of Portugal from 1853 to 1861
• Julio Argentino Rocab. 1843ARArgentine politician and general, former president of Argentina (1843–1914)
• Julio Cortázarb. 1914FRArgentine writer and translator (1914–1984)
• Julio María Sanguinettib. 1936UY35th and 37th President of Uruguay
• Julio Oscar Mechosob. 1955USAmerican actor (1955-2017)
• Julio Salinasb. 1962ESSpanish association football player
• Julio Cedillob. 1970MXMexican actor
• Julio dos Santosb. 1983PYParaguayan footballer
• Júlio Tavaresb. 1988CVCape Verdean association football player
• Nicolas Nkouloub. 1990CMnot in their usual nameCameroonian 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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,125 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Julio?

We estimate roughly 652 thousand people bear Julio (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Julio have the most bearers?

Julio is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled julio.

How common is Julio compared with other names?

In Argentina, Julio is the 91st most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Julio a male or female name?

Julio 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 Julio mean?

Recorded meaning: From Latin. See }Julius in main dictionary.