The name Julien is the French form of the ancient Roman family name Julius, which means ‘downy-bearded’ or ‘dedicated to Jupiter’. The English form of this name is Julian.
Julien is a male first name. In very rare cases it is also used for girls.
The name Julien isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Julien ranks 580. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 3 were named Julien. In the entire USA, approximately 9,737 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Julien. That is 0.00 % of all living Americans.
The name Julien is the French form of the ancient Roman family name Julius, which means ‘downy-bearded’ or ‘dedicated to Jupiter’. The English form of this name is Julian.
Julien has... been used in the US since the 1880s, but is extremely rare. Since the 1990s, its popularity has been slowly increasing.
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 Julien 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 Julien 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 Julien, you can simply say:
Joker
Unicorn
Lion
Igloo
Elephant
Nut
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Julien
Julien
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
J
U
L
I
E
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
E
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. Julien sounds like this:
