Julius

Where Julius comes from

Borrowed from Latin Iūlius, of uncertain origin, possibly from Ancient Greek ἴουλος (íoulos, “downy first beard hairs”), i.e. the young, or from Latin Jovilius (“devoted to Jove”). Doublet of Jules.
— Wiktionary's entry for Julius
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1857
    Julius Wagner-Jauregg born
    Austrian doctor, Nobel prize laureate and psychiatrist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #94 among boys — 143 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1883
    Peak, #88
    160 babies named Julius — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1922
    Julius Nyerere born
    Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Julius Nyerere · Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania, 1922–1999
  • Julius Wagner-Jauregg · Austrian doctor, Nobel prize laureate and psychiatrist, 1857–1940
  • Julius Streicher · German publisher, Nazi politician and convicted war criminal, 1885–1946
  • Julius Axelrod · American biochemist, 1912–2004
  • Julius Fučík · Czech journalist and revolutionary, 1903–1943

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.