Julius

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

1) From the Ancient Roman nomen Iulius of obstinately obscure origin, theories include

1a) Latin Iovilius = 'dedicated to the God Jove' [1]
1b) Related to the mythological Julus, son of Aeneas of unknown meaning [2]
1c) Derived from Greek ιουλος (ioulos) = 'downy-bearded' [3]
1d) Attempts to link it with Ilium, the Roman name for Troy, are linguistically untenable [4]

2) The name is sometimes associated with the month 'July' (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish juli = 'July'; the name of the month derives from Julius) [5]

3) In the Nordic countries, the name is sometimes associated with Christmas (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish jul = 'Christmas') [5]

Related Names

     
Julejus ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Juli ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Swedish
Julius ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Norwegian Swedish
Július ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Júlíus ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Juljus ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Julkka ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jullá ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Julle ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Swedish

See also Julianus and Julia and Lius

Combinations

For combinations see JUL (name element)

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

12 April

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

12 April

Finland Finland

12 April

Norway Norway

12 April

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

12 April

Sweden Sweden

16 February

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Julius
Accusative: Julius
Dative: Juliusi
Genitive: Juliusar

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1560 [2]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Denmark Denmark[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 n.a. 2110 n.a
Sweden Sweden[7] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 1741 5295
Norway Norway[8] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 0 244 397
Finland Finland[9] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png n.a. 2 n.a 9527
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[7][6][8][9]:Name statistics for Julius(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[8]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Julius(m)


Sources: [7] [6] [8] [9]

References

  1. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
  4. ↑ Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
  5. ↑ Own theory. No references found, yet.
  6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  9. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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