Julian

Meaning and origin of Julian

Popularity of Julian in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2017.
• Over recent years, Julian has been falling (−11.8% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Julian every 8.1 schools, all spellings combined.

Julian in English-speaking countries

Julian ranks 28^th in United States, 81^st in Ontario (Canada) and 123^rd in British Columbia (Canada), against 269^th in France.

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  28^th boys’ name22,090 babies in 3 years1 boy in 233−1.2% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  81^st boys’ name429 babies in 3 years1 boy in 396−3.9% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  123^rd boys’ name97 babies in 3 years1 boy in 4590% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  212^th boys’ name66 babies in 3 years1 boy in 746−0.9% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  218^th boys’ name58 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,033

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  266^th boys’ name48 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,496

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  302^nd boys’ name447 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,849−1.5% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  416^th boys’ name7 babies in 3 years1 boy in 3,638

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Julian, Juliàn, Jùlian and Julián are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Juliàn30
• Jùlian10
• Juliánabroad
• Juliann310
• Julyan70
• Julyann (in French)45
• Jullian15
• Jùliann5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Julian

• Jacques
• Paolo
• Nicolas
• Célestin
• Adrian
• Antonin
• Amadou
• Julio
• Lorenzo
• Fabio
• Hippolyte
• Matthieu

See also

• →French names of Latin origin