Julian

Where Julian comes from

Ultimately from Latin Iūliānus.
— Wiktionary's entry for Julian
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #291 among boys — 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 — more than any year before or since.
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.