The first name Julian is derived from the Latin gentile name Julianus, which in turn is based on the family name Julius. Accordingly, the first name means something like ‘coming from the family of the Julias’.
Julian is a male first name. In very rare cases it is also used for girls.
The first name Julian is one of the top 100 most popular boys names in the US – currently at #39 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Julian, accounting for approximately 0.50 % of all newborn boys. In the entire USA, approximately 237,470 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Julian. That is 0.07 % of all living Americans.
The first name Julian is derived from the Latin gentile name Julianus, which in turn is based on the family name Julius. Accordingly, the first name means something like ‘coming from the family of the Julias’.
Julian Lennon (*1963)
Julian Charles John Lennon is an English musician and photographer, and the son of Beatles star John Lennon. He debuted with the album 'Valotte' (1984), best known for its lead single 'Too Late for Goodbyes' which earned him a nomination for the Grammy Award. Lennon appeared several television shows such as the 'Late Show with David Letterman' or 'The View'. In addition, he published both a children's book and a Beatles memorabilia, and displays his photographs regularly.
Julian McMahon (*1968)
Julian Dana William McMahon is an Australian-American actor. He became familiar to a wide audience primarily through his roles in the tv-series 'Profiler' (1996-2000) and 'Charmed' (2000–2003). In addition, he starred as Dr. Christian Troy in the television series 'Nip/Tuck' (2003–2010). McMahon began his career as a model before transitioning to acting. He made his acting debut in the Australian film 'The Power, the Passion' in 1989.
Julian Edelman (*1986)
Julian Edelman is a former professional American football wide receiver of the National Football League (NFL). He played for 12 seasons with the New England Patriots. He was drafted by the Patriots in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He has been a key contributor in Super Bowl three times, winning Super Bowl XLIX, Super Bowl LI and Super Bowl LIII with the Patriots.
Julian Assange (*1971)
Julian Assange is an Australian computer programmer, publisher, and journalist. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of 'WikiLeaks', an international non-profit organization that publishes secret information, news leaks, and classified media provided by anonymous sources. He has been the subject of controversy and legal proceedings. Assange has been the subject of extradition proceedings to the United States on charges of espionage and computer misuse.
When you hear the name Julian, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Julian? Are you also called Julian? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
Julian, a small town close to San Diego, California. The 1768-inhabitant village attracts tourists with ist mountainous location and is known for its abundant apple growing.
offer 300-acre Lake Julian and its adjacent park in Arden, North Carolina: fishing, swimming, nature trails, and much more.
If we dig really deep into our statistics, we find that there are very few boys' names that have been consistently popular for so long that they have been given to newborns in every single year since the beginning of our records in 1880. In fact, there are only 442 boys' names that appear in our statistics in every single year, and Julian is one of those very special classics. At the same time, Julian has never been more popular than it is in this century - in 2019 the name even made it to rank #31 of the most popular boys' names, easily landing in the top 100 of our SmartGenius first name statistics.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Julian was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
...because: In 2022, 7,295 boys were born and given the name Julian by their parents. That puts Julian at #35 on our list of most popular boys' names. It was much less popular in 1959 - only 469 parents chose this name for their newborn son and it ranked 336 on the popularity scale of all boys' names.
There are only 386 different male names registered in every single state in the U.S., and Julian is one of them. However, Julian is not equally widespread in all states, but people in Nevada seem to particularly fancy this name – the 2,512 men called Julian who live here are 0,444% of all male residents and push their name up to #52 in our SmartGenius statistics, easily placing it in the top 100 most common male names in Nevada. If you look at all the states in the USA together, you can currently find as many as 237,470 people with the name Julian. Across all regions and age groups, this lands Julian on position 150 in our SmartGenius ranking of the top male names – of course, the current popularity as a baby name for newborns looks somewhat different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter J is the most popular first letter for boys’ names. 10.1% of all common boys’ names in the US start with this letter. The second most common first letter in boys’ names is A.
With six letters, the name Julian is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 10.1% of all boys’ names start with a J, this initial letter occurs nearly three times as often as all other letters on average. And, by the way, of all the boys’ names that begin with the letter J, the name James is the most common.
If your name is Julian and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Julian, you can simply say:
Joker
Unicorn
Lion
Igloo
Apple
Nut
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Julian
Julian
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
J
U
L
I
A
N
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
J
U
L
I
A
N
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Julian sounds like this:
