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Julian

OriginEnglish from Latin, variation of Julius
Meaning"youthful, downy-bearded, or sky father"
GenderBoy
US Rank#25

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NB Rank#41

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Famous Julians

  • Julian (born Flavius Claudius Julianus)

    Roman Emperor

  • (John Charles) Julian Lennon

    English musician; son of musician John Lennon

  • Julian Schnabel

    American painter and film director

  • Julian Paul Assange

    Australian activist and journalist; founder of WikiLeaks

  • Julian Ricardo Marley

    Jamaican musician, son of musician Bob Marley

  • Julian Dana William McMahon

    Australian actor

  • Julian Francis Edelman

    American football player

  • Julian Vandervelde

    American football player

  • Julián Elías Gil

    Puerto Rican actor

  • Julian Alexander Kitchener

    Fellowes, Baron Fellowes of West Stafford, English screenwriter, actor, director and politician

  • Julian Richard Morley Sands

    English actor

  • Julian Kayle Mandrake

    American guitarist of Blue October and Canvas

  • Julian Calhoun Adams

    American actor

  • Julian Dorio

    American drummer of The Whigs

  • Julian Casablancas

    American lead singer of The Strokes

  • Julian Hawthorne

    American novelist and journalist, son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • Julian David Morris

    English actor

  • Julian Lamar Posey

    American football player

  • Julian David Cope

    English musician of The Teardrop Explodes

  • Julian Seymour Schwinger

    American theoretical physicist and Nobel prize winner

  • Julian Barratt

    English comedian

  • Julian Knowle

    Austrian tennis player

  • Julian Brandt

    German professional footballer

  • Julian Lloyd Webber

    English cellist; brother of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber

  • Julian Weinrib (b. 1982)

    son of musician Geddy Lee of Rush

  • Julian Winding (b. 1984)

    son of actress Brigitte Nielsen and Kasper Winding

  • Julian Messina (b. 1992)

    son of musician Jim Messina

  • Julian Emerson Dilley (b. 1993)

    one of the first surviving sextuplets in the U.S.

  • Julian Henry De Niro (b. 1995)

    son of actor Robert De Niro; twin of brother Aaron Kendrick De Niro

  • (Marcos) Julián Figueroa

    Fernández (b. 1995), son of singer Joan Sebastian and actress/model Maribel Guardia

  • Julian Moses (b. 1995)

    son of runner Edwin Moses

  • Julián Elías Gil

    Jr. (b. 1995), son of actor Julián Gil

  • Julian Naceri (b. 1995)

    son of actor Samy Naceri

  • Julian Murray Stern (b. 1998)

    son of actress Lisa Kudrow

  • Julian Corrie Broadus (b. 1999)

    son of rapper Snoop Dogg

  • Julian Tauevihi (b. 2000)

    son of actress Stephanie Tauevihi

  • Julian Kal Seinfeld (b. 2003)

    son of actor/comedian Jerry Seinfeld

  • Julian Exxel (b. 2010)

    son of singer Tobial Exxel of metal band Edguy

  • Julian Fuego Thicke (b. 2010)

    son of singer Robin Thicke and actress Paula Patton

  • Julian Daniel Wilcox (b. 2010)

    son of NFL player Daniel Wilcox

  • Julian Kahn (b. 2011)

    son of footballer Oliver Kahn

  • Julian Form (b. 2013)

    son of actress Jordana Brewster and Andrew Form

  • Julian Paz Fedorov (b. 2013)

    son of singer Anthony Fedorov and actress Jennifer Paz

  • Julian Lidell (b. 2015)

    son of singer Jamie Lidell

  • Saint Julian Rembert Ravenel (b. 2017)

    son of TV personalities Kathryn Dennis and Thomas Ravenel of "Southern Charm"

  • Prince Julian Herbert Folke of Sweden, Duke of Halland (born 2021)

    son of Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Duke of Värmland and Princess Sofia of Sweden, Duchess of Värmland

Julian in pop culture

  • Julian

    character in P.D James's "The Children of Men"

  • Julian Carax

    character in "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

  • Julian Baker

    character on TV's "One Tree Hill"

  • Dr. Julian Bashir

    character on TV's "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"

  • Julian Luthor

    character in DC Universe

  • Julian Albert Desmond

    also known as Dr. Alchemy, character in DC Universe

  • Julian Gregory Day

    also known as Calendar Man, character in DC Universe

  • Julian McGrath

    little boy in movie "Big Daddy"

  • Julian Perkins

    character in the "Rizzoli and Isles" series by Tess Gerritsen

  • Julian Marquet Sr

    character in V.C. Andrews' Dollanganger Series

  • Julian 'Jory' Janus Marquet Jr

    character in V.C. Andrews' Dollanganger Series

  • Julian "Jules" Blackthorn

    character in "The Dark Artifices" by Cassandra Clare

  • Julian

    character in Enid Blyton's "Famous Five" series

  • Julien Mayfair

    character in Lives of the Mayfair Witches series by Anne Rice

  • Julian

    character in The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny

  • Julian

    character in Dave Eggers's "What is the What"

  • Julian

    narrator of P.B. Shelley's poem "Julian and Maddalo: A Conversation"

  • Julian Sark

    character on TV's "Alias"

  • Julian Moore

    character in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series

  • Julian "Jules" Wyatt

    main character in G. A. Henty's, Through Russian Snows

  • Julian Savage

    character in "Dark Challenge" by Christine Feehan

  • Julian

    main character in mockumentary "Trailer Park Boys"

  • Julian

    main character in Flannery O'Connor's "Everything That Rises Must Converge"

  • Julian Kaye

    main character in movie "American Gigolo"

  • Julian "Bean" Delphiki

    character in Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game series

  • Julian

    character in video game "Little Fighter 2"

  • Julian Kintobor

    birth name of Ivo Robotnik, villain in the Sonic the Hedgehog series

  • Julian Marsh

    main character in musical "42nd Street"

  • Julian Luna

    character on TV's "Kindred: The Embraced"

  • Julian Thompson

    main character in Nicolas Winding Refn's "Only God Forgives

  • Julian

    character in Brett Easton Ellis' novel "Less than Zero" and portrayed by Robert Downey, Jr. in the film adaption

  • Julian Morrow

    Greek professor from Donna Tartt's novel, "The Secret History"

  • Julián Nieves aka El Julí

    character in the novel "Bianca Nieves y los 7 toritos" by Carrie Toth

  • Julian Devorak

    a plague doctor from the visual novel "The Arcana" by Nix Hydra

  • "Julian"

    song by Say Lou Lou

  • Julian Jarman

    character in Elizabeth Enright's children's novel "Gone,Away Lake"

  • Julian

    a character in the mobile game “High School Story”

  • Julian Star

    character in the anime/manga "Cardcaptors"

  • Julian Santos

    character in the book "Caraval" by Stephanie Garber

  • Julian

    Character in video game series Animal Crossing

Variations & nicknames

  • JulienFrench
  • GiulianoItalian
  • GiulioItalian
  • JuliánSpanish
  • JulioSpanish
  • JuiàCatalan
  • JuleDutch
  • JuliHungarian
  • HalianZuni

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