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The first name 
Juliette

Juliette is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.

Juliette – known and loved in the US!

The name Juliette 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 girls names, Juliette ranks 197. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 9 were named Juliette. In the entire USA, approximately 28,990 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Juliette. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Juliette

What does the name 
Juliette mean?

Juliette is a French diminutive of Julie, a version of Julia. Julia was derived from the Roman family Julius, which possibly originated from Greek ‘ioulos’ meaning ‘downy-bearded’.

Juliette has 8 letters 
and begins with a J

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter J is a particularly popular initial letter for girls' names. That’s because 6.8% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters for girls’ names are A, S and M.

With eight letters, the name Juliette is long compared to other names. In fact, 14.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly eight letters. 78% of all first names are shorter, while only 8% of all boys’ and girls’ names use nine letters or even more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

This means that with 6.8% of all girls' names that begin with the letter J, this first letter is much more common than the other letters on average. And Jennifer is the girls' name starting with J, which is the most common of all.

Other names with 
J, u, l, i, e, t, t and e

If you take all the letters in the name Juliette – J, u, l, i, e, t, t and e – and put them together again, you can form another name, such as Juilette.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Juliette

If your name is Juliette 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...

This is how you spell the name Juliette

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Juliette, you can simply say:

Joker

Unicorn

Lion

Igloo

Elephant

Tiger

Tiger

Elephant

This is how the name Juliette is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Juliette in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Juliette

Juliette

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Juliette

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Juliette is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

J
U
L
I
E
T
T
E

Have you ever waved the name Juliette

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
T
T
E

Beeping like crazy...

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. Juliette sounds like this: