Julius

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 6 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◐

Julius is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Swahili given name211K records spelled Julius3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kenya, Philippines, United States, Nigeria

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

  Also written Julius'

• Finnish given name62K records spelled Julius5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Philippines, Hungary

  Languages: Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian

  Also written Jülius, Jùlìùs

• Indonesian given name31K records spelled Julius5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Julius, Juĺius, Július

• Danish given name22K records spelled Julius7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Iceland

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian

  Also written Júlíus, Jülïüs

• a separate given name15K records spelled Julius3 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Július, Júlíus

• French given name14K records spelled Julius5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Philippines, United States, Spain

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Jvlivs, Július, Jùlius

• Thai given name2.5K records spelled Julius4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, Philippines, United States, Tanzania

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written จูเลียส, จูเลียส์

71 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●

Julius 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 grc, Greek/East African: 'soft-haired and downy-bearded'; popular in East Africa.

  as a name·African Names

• In English, Latin; possibly 'youthful'; born in July

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• In German, Latinized surname in -ius; from Julius. Bearer count: 527. Demonstrates humanist Latinization (morphological transposition).

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

• In German, Latinized surname in -ius; NL/BE/LU counts 99/0/0.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

• In Latin, from the praenomen Iulus/Julus; -ius formation

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

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●

• Rudolf Clausiusb. 1822DEnot in their usual nameGerman mathematical physicist and professor (1822–1888)
• Heinrich Schliemannb. 1822USnot in their usual nameGerman businessman and archaeologist (1822–1890)
• Ferdinand Cohnb. 1828PLnot in their usual nameGerman biologist (1828-1898)
• Jean Sibeliusb. 1865FInot in their usual nameFinnish composer (1865–1957)
• Groucho Marxb. 1890USnot in their usual nameAmerican comedian (1890–1977)
• Julius Fučíkb. 1903CZCzech journalist and revolutionary (1903–1943)
• J. Robert Oppenheimerb. 1904USnot in their usual nameAmerican theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
• Julius Axelrodb. 1912USAmerican biochemist (1912–2004)
• Julius Nyerereb. 1922TZTanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922–1999)
• Julius Maada Biob. 1964SLPresident of Sierra Leone since 2018

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 · 915 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Julius?

We estimate roughly 70 thousand people bear Julius (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Julius have the most bearers?

Julius is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled julius.

Where is Julius most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Julius is densest in Finland — about 1 in 465 people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.

How common is Julius compared with other names?

In the Philippines, Julius is the 306th most common given name of 462,140 given names recorded there.

Is Julius a male or female name?

Julius 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 Julius mean?

Recorded meaning: From the Roman family name Iulius, which is possibly derived from the Greek 'ioulos' (ἴουλος), meaning 'downy-bearded,' or related to the Latin 'Iovilius,' meaning 'devoted to Jove' (Jupiter).