Julian

Where Julian comes from

Ultimately from Latin Iūliānus.
— Wiktionary's entry for Julian
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
Julian through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #291 among boys, with 32 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1918
    Julian Seymour Schwinger born
    American theoretical physicist
  3. 1971
    Julian Assange born
    Australian editor, publisher, and activist
  4. 2025
    Peak, #25
    7,603 babies named Julian, its best rank.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin Iulianus, from Iulius.
  • A female given name from Latin, of medieval English usage, variant of Gillian.
  • A locale in the United States.
  • A census-designated place in San Diego County, California; named for early settler Mike Julian.
Namesakes
  • Julian Assange · Australian editor, publisher, and activist, born 1971
  • Julian Seymour Schwinger · American theoretical physicist, 1918–1994
  • Julian Draxler · German association football player, born 1993
  • Julian Barnes · English writer, born 1946
  • Julian Huxley · British evolutionary biologist, philosopher, author, 1887–1975

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.