Comments for the name Julia

There is a song by The Beatles called "Julia": "Julia, seashell eyes, windy smile, calls me..." (There is also another song Julia by the modern band Low Millions; both songs are slow and soft and reflective.)

The song was written by John for his mother of the same name. Apparently the song was written in her memory for when she got ran over and killed by a police officer when John was only about 18.

Julia Roberts is a famous American actress.

My name is Julia, and I think it's a pretty name, although it can sometimes be too harsh. However, please, please, please don't add any more Julia's to the world, this name is way overused.

Some people use 'Jools' or however you spell it as a nickname. Reminds me of 'drools'. Jewel or Julie is a much better nickname.

In Sweden Julia used to be the name for Juliet in Rome & Juliet, I think they have changed it to Juliet now though. The song by The Beatles is because John Lennon's mother was named Julia (which is why he chose Julian for his son).

Julia Child was a wonderful chef who introduced French cooking to the American home.

In England the name Julia is used a lot, but in Denmark only few are called Julia. Therefore Julia is often mixed up with Julie, which is pretty annoying.

*Julia* is a beautiful and soothing name.

I think Julia is a very pretty and classy name.

Julia Caesaris was the daughter of Caesar Augustus. She was considered the most beautiful woman in Rome, possessing gentleness, kindess and utter freedom from vindictivness. She was an active member of "The Julian Party" in favour of equal rights for the plebs of Rome. She was married thrice: firstly to her cousin Marcellus, then to Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, with who she had five children (three boys and two girls.) After Agrippa's death she was married to her stepbrother Tiberius, who many have said had her killed when he became emperor. She is famous in history for being shrouded in mystery.

I like this name. Well, here in Germany there's also another nickname of that name: Julchen.

There is this children's song in Danish:
Julia, Julia Julia, Julia hopsasa
Julia, Julia, søde Julia hopsasa.

There is a song called Julia dreams by PINK FLOYD, Julia Says by WET WET WET and a lot of other songs about Julia on the homepage letssingit.com.

There is a movie called Julia from 1977, and a movie from 2004 called Being Julia.

Famous actors called Julia:
-Julia Roberts (Pretty woman)
-Julia Stiles (10 things I hate about you)
-Julia Andrews (The sound of music)
-Julia Walters (Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets)
-Julia Taylor (The force within)
-Julia Ormond (Legends of the fall)
-Julia Sweeney (Pulp Fiction)
-Julie Adams (General Hospital)
-Julia Nickson-Soul ( Rambo: First Blood Part II)
-Julia Stuart ( The Character Woman)
-Julia Barry ( Spider-Man )
-Julia Marstand ( Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom)
-Julia Chantrey (Mean Girls)
-Julia Max (Spider-Man 2)
-Julia Hsu (Rush Hour)
and a lot more.

Books by authors called Julia:
The Whole World Over: A Novel by Julia Glass
The Hazards of Hunting a Duke(Desperate Debutantes)by Julia London
Extreme Bachelor (Berkley Sensation) by Julia London
To Darkness and to Death (A Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mystery) by Julia Spencer-Fleming
It's In His Kiss by Julia Quinn.

The Portuguese spelling of this name is Júlia. [noted -ed]

Famous Bearer: Julia Volkova, a girl from the Russian group Taty.

Julia Gregory is a famous writer. She wrote the book Sickened. Not a book for children at all!

Listen to the German pronunciation of Julia here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

I know people say Julia is overused but with my 5 boys there isn't one Julia in their class at school.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus played the character Elaine on the popular 1990s sitcom "Seinfeld".

There is a new author named Julia Phillips (not the Hollywood producer) who wrote a great fantasy novel. My friend gave it me for my birthday. Check it out, Miranda, Queen of Argyll: Past Sins. The only thing I hated is now I have to wait til next sumer for part 2.

Julia Otero Pérez is a Spanish journalist and tv presenter.

Julia Stegner (b. November 2, 1984 in Munich, Germany) is a German supermodel.

I have always liked the name Julia and its other forms Juliet, Julie and so on. One of my favourite people in history is a Julia and I like it is a very sweet, attractive and down to earth name.

Julia Sullivan is one of the main characters in the film and broadway musical "The Wedding Singer".

Very nice but very over-used.

I named my 2 year old Julia, I agree that there are a lot of Julia's out there but it is a sweet name, and I like it! At least it's not a made up name or a trendy name that a teacher has a hard time spelling HA HA that is way overused!

Julia Mills is Dora Spenlow's confidential friend in "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens.

My best friend's name is Julia. I'm totally jealous because everyone loves her name. We also call her Jewlz for short and her nephew calls her Aunt J!

My mother's name is Julia, and she doesn't like it much because she thinks the "JOO" sound is harsh and un-lovely. She goes by Julie and my dad calls her Jules (just because it springs to the lips easily). I think it's pretty though, and I don't know of that many Julias.

I think this name is pretty, only if it's pronounced ju-lee-a. Not jooool-ya. That sounds so harsh to me.

Julia is the name of the actress who portrayed Sophie Scholl in the acclaimed German movie "Sophie Scholl-The Final Days".

This name is so popular, yet I've only known one Julia in my entire life! I really like this name though, it's very pretty.

I love the name Julia. I have a friend named Julia. I never really thought about it being popular till I went on this site. I like Julia grace.

There's a really cool character in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof (part of Grindhouse) named Julia Lucai, more commonly known as Jungle Julia. She's a Texas DJ with her own record label an overwhelming knowledge of music. She's beautiful too.

Pronounced as "YOO-lyah".

My sister's name is Julia and I think it is very pretty. Especially when you say it with a y in the beginning. I never really thought it was that popular, but then I looked it up and that made me think about it and I realized that I know a lot of Julia's. I like Julia way more than Juliet, which I think is far too common in other countries and all around a heavily dramatic name.

I like this name, and I know and Julia. Her name is said like "Joo-leah." though. Everyone calls her "Jewl-ya" though, her mom is the only one who really says her name right. "Joo-leah", but people try to get it right, and it comes out all funny, and she laughs about it. I love this name. It's sweet, although the "JOO" sound does sound a smidge harsh, I still love it.

I agree that this name sounds beautiful pronounced jool-ee-a. Jool-ya is just not as pretty and can sometimes sound annoying.

NO WAY! I can't believe nobody mentioned the Julia in the book "1984", my favorite book of all time (currently, next week, it'll probably be something different).

People keep on saying that Julia, as a name, is over-used. Well, I have never met a Julia, & neither have my 4 brothers.

This is a beautiful, nicely simple, classy and elegant name that you can't really go wrong with. The trouble with this name, for me, is that I associate it with the misfortunate character in Nineteen Eighty-Four, and I can't shake off that association. It's such a tragic story, and her fate is horrible.

I like this name. I don't think I know any Julias. I know a lot of Julies, but not Julias. The 'a' on the end just adds a refreshing change.

Julia Urania or Urania (Greek: ¦Ç ¦©¦Ï¦Ô¦Ë¨¬¦Á ¦¯¦Ô¦Ñ¦Á¦Í¨¬§Ñ, Latin: Iulia Urania or IVLIA URANIA) was a woman who lived in the 1st century. Urania married the Roman client king Ptolemy of Mauretania. Ptolemy of Mauretania was an only grandson to African King Juba I of Numidia, Greek Ptolemaic Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt and the youngest grandson to Roman Triumvir Mark Antony.

Julia Bodina was a Roman Freedwoman from North Africa who lived in the 1st century. She was a former slave in the household of Roman client queen Julia Urania and Roman client king Ptolemy of Mauretania.

Little is known on her origins and life. In Cherchell Algeria, a funeral inscription has been found of Bodina’s. Cherchell was then known as Caesaria, the capital of Mauretania in the Roman Empire. In the funeral inscription, Bodina ascribed Julia Urania as Queen Julia Urania.

According to the inscription, she appeared to have taken the gentilicium of her former master, Julia Urania. She could have been a former slave from the Royal Family of Emesa (modern Homs, Syria). Julia Urania was ascribed as queen as a local courtesy or probably a dedication to honor her memory. This indicates that Bodina was a loyal former slave.

Julia Boutros (Arabic:ÌæáíÇ ÈØÑÓ) (b. April 1, 1968) is a Lebanese singer that rose to stardom in the 1980s with a series of National-themed songs like "Ghabet Shams El Haq" "ÛÇÈÊ ÔãÓ ÇáÍÞ". She is also the sister of Lebanese songwriter Ziad Boutros.

Julia de Burgos (February 17, 1914 – July 6, 1953) is considered by many as the greatest poet to have been born in Puerto Rico, and along with Gabriela Mistral, is considered as one of the greatest poets of Latin America. She was also an advocate for the independence of Puerto Rico and an ardent civil rights activist for women and African/Afro-Caribbean writers.

Eda Giselle Rosetta N. Clarete, better known by her screen name Julia Clarete (born September 24, 1979), is a Filipina singer and actress, both for theater and film. She was launched as a member of Star Circle (now Star Magic) Batch 4 in 1996.

She is one of the co-hosts of Eat Bulaga!, the longest actively running noontime TV show in the Philippines. Already a married woman, she gave birth to a healthy baby boy in mid-2007.

Julia Anne Clarke (born 11 August 1971 in Tucson, Arizona) is an American model and actress. Julie was selected as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for March 1991, and she graced the cover of the magazine's April 1991 issue.

Julie left the world of modeling in 1997 to pursue a less hectic and more structured life, returning to Florida to work as a paralegal for several litigation attorneys. However, her thrill-seeking personality never subsided, and the desire to be in front of the camera rekindled inside her, so Julie returned to modeling during 2004.

Julia Fischer (born 15 June 1983) is a German violinist. By training she is also a professional pianist, but she rarely appears as such in public.

Julia Eileen Gillard (born 29 September 1961) is the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and deputy leader of the federal Australian Labor Party.

Julia Boggs Dent Grant (January 26, 1826 – December 14, 1902), was the wife of the 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, and was First Lady of the United States from 1869 to 1877.

Julia Louise Haworth (born in Burnley, Lancashire, England) is an English actress best known as Claire Peacock on ITV1's Coronation Street, a role she has played since 2003. She is married to Jon Wormald (May 2006). Expecting her first child in July 2008, Julia left Coronation Street on maternity leave in July 2008 and will return at the beginning of 2009. Julia gave birth to her first child, a daughter; Sophia Elizabeth at 7:45 am on Friday 25th July.

Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet most famous as the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."

Julia Claire Irwin (born 8 November 1951), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the Division of Fowler, New South Wales. Irwin was born in Sydney and was variously a bank officer, trade union administration officer and electorate officer before entering politics.

Julia Stanley Lennon (née Stanley) (12 March 1914 – 15 July 1958) was the mother of John Lennon. Julia was known as 'Judy', and was the fourth of five sisters. John was her first child and was the only child of her marriage to Alf Lennon. She later had one daughter (who was given up for adoption after pressure from her family) with 'Taffy' Williams, and then had two daughters; Julia and Jacqui, with John 'Bobby' Dykins.

Julia A. Leonard (born 31st July, 1958) is a Socialist Party (England and Wales) councillor in the London Borough of Hillingdon in the United Kingdom.

Julia Morgan (January 20, 1872 – February 2, 1957) was an American architect. The architect of over 700 buildings in California, she is best known for her work on Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California. Throughout her long career, she designed multiple buildings for institutions serving women and girls.

Julia Kristina Nyberg (née Svärdström; November 17, 1784 – April 16, 1854), was a Swedish poet and songwriter. Nyberg grew up as the adoptive daughter of a mill owner, named Adlerwald, in the parish of Skultuna in Västmanland County. She wrote the vast majority of her works under the pseudonym Euphrosyne.

Nyberg is most famous for her songs written for the Walpurgis Night holiday, many of which are still sung and recorded today, including Vårvindar friska and Fruktmånglerskan med tapperhetsmedalj. For the majority of her literary career she belonged to the circle of writers based around the Romantic poet Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom and regularly published her poetry in the group's journal: Poetisk kalender. She never aspired to the epic poetry that characterized many of her contemporaries' works, but instead focussed on writing shorter poems inspired by nature.

Julia Sawalha (born 9 September 1968) is an English actress best known for her roles of Lynda Day, editor of The Junior Gazette in Press Gang, Saffron Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous and Lydia Bennet in the 1995 television miniseries of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

Julia Karin Ormond (born 4 January 1965) is a British actress who, like her fellow thespian Britons, Helena Bonham Carter and Emma Thompson, has taken her acting talents from the London stage to the Hollywood big screen. In 1995 she was named one of the World's 50 Most Beautiful People by People magazine.

Julia Sweeney (born October 10, 1959) is an American actress and comedian who lives in Hollywood, California.

Yulia Savicheva (Russian: Þëèÿ Ñàâè÷åâà) (born on February 14, 1987) is a Russian singer that performed for Russia in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest which was held in Istanbul, Turkey.

Julia Kathleen Murney (born January 14, 1969 ) is an American actress and singer, primarily featured in theatre and television commercial voice-overs. Up until 2005, she was commonly known as the Broadway actress who had technically never appeared on Broadway. This was due to the fact that her notoriety came mostly from her performances on the Broadway charity circuit, and not traditional Broadway producti.

Dr. Julia Hoffman was the head psychiatrist at Wyndcliffe Sanitarium and personal doctor to Barnabas Collins in the old soap opera Dark Shadows.

Julia was a TV character played by Diahann Carroll, also was title of show.

Another fictional TV character was Julia Sugarbaker, played by Dixie Carter.

Agent CBŚ Julia Wierzbicka is fictional character from the TV show "Kryminalni" (2004). She is played by Alżbeta Lenska.

Julia is the Swedish version of Juliet in Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet" ("Romeo och Julia", in Sweden).
"Ronny & Julia" is also a famous Swedish children's book series by Måns Gahrton.

Not common, actually - I know only one Julia.

Not common to me - I guess it depends on where you live. I know only one Julia, close to forty by now. One of my favorite names - it's beautiful and it ages well. That's hard to find in a name these days.

I really like the name Julia, and I don't think it is very common either - I don't know any Julias. I know a lot of Katherines and Jessicas, but no Julias!

Julia originally comes from Latin meaning 'YOUTHFUL'.

I would love to name my kid Julia. It's not common, the only place I know where it is common Is Deal or No Deal where there are lots of Julias, Julies, Juliannas, Juliannes etc. I think they mean to get all of them, because it's not common.

This is my name. I adore it. I would never consider changing my name. It is very calming and soothing. A great thing about this name is that it stays good from as a child to a senior. Another variant-- Julie, is also good, but I prefer Julia.

To give you an idea of Julia being over-used, I was born in 1992, around the same time as most of my classmates. Three Julias in my year spring to mind plus another girl I know who lives farther away. And that's only in my year. When I searched for all the Julias in my school on Facebook, there were 36 including the girls in my year. Please wait for this name to die down before using it. There are way too many people with this name.

Call me a ultra name freak, but I want to cry when I meet people with this name BECAUSE I love it so much! I just wish it wasn't so common! It's on my top 5 favorite names! It is SO beautiful. People with this name should be proud. It's my favorite common name.

"Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter" is a novel by Mario Vargos Llosa published in 1977. It is about an 18 year old student who falls in love and has an affair with his 32 year old aunt, Julia. The novel is based on the author's real life experience. It was turned into a Hollywood film in 1990, under the title "Tune in Tomorrow" in the US (elsewhere same title as the book).

I think Julia is a beautiful, aristocratic name with an old-fashioned charm. I like how it sounds like _jewel_. Julia makes me picture a Victorian lady with rich, red tresses, an alabaster complexion, wearing a beautiful ruby necklace. It has a Victorian aesthetic and glamour, which I like very much.

OMG! I love this name! One of my faves. So feminine, sweet, classy, upperclass, fun to say. I like these short forms of Julia: Jule(s), Julie, JuJu, Jay, Lia. Also sounds like a princess, queen, or aristocrats name. This is one of those names where popularity doesn't matter, it's so perfect.

I prefer this as a surname or male middle name.

Julia Flyte is a character in the book, TV series, and movie "Brideshead Revisited".

Personally, I don't like this name. Where I come from, there are many Julias. It reminds me of middle aged women that live in suburbs. Nope. I'd never name my daughter a name as common as Julia.

Elegant and simple. Great choice.

Also used in Croatia.

Whenever I hear this name I think of Julia Flyte from "Brideshead Revisited". Her character encapsulates my impression of Julia - classy, elegant, understated.

Julia is one of my favorite names - one can use it almost everywhere in the world without people getting totally confused when reading or listening to it. It's a popular name, and not in a bad way (not for me). I like international names because people can just adapt the pronunciation according to what their language sounds. This is a bonus, I think.

My name is Julianna, and I hate it whenever someone calls me Julia as a nickname. Julia sounds a bit too prissy for my taste. I prefer to be called by Julie or Jules.

My name's Julia, and I think it's way over-used, and so are all the nicknames, Jules, Juju, etc. The only original one I've gotten is J-dizzle.

A boring housewife name. When I think of Julia, I imagine a stressed mother vacuuming a living room. No. I don't particularly like this name. It's rather boring. For that person who said its 'soothing'.. No. Just no. It's dull.

I like this name a lot, especially when pronounced the German way (YOO-lee-ah). I'd use that form, for sure,

Julia is a lovely, melodic name. Shame it's not that common any more.

I've loved this name ever since Whitney Houston played Julia Biggs in "The Preacher's Wife." A beautiful woman with an equally beautiful voice.

Very pretty, girly name.

Truthfully, I like the name Julia a lot. Sadly, it's also the name of a really mean girl at school. Therefore, the name sort of is bittersweet... :(

Beautiful and classic, Julia will always hold up. She has already outdone the once tremendously popular Julie, which is now extremely dated. Julia is regal and strong, yet feminine.

So pretty and classic, and suits all ages!

Id like it if it wasnt so incredibly overused
I mean it's not that great anyway. neither do I like it with the English pronunciation of it.