Julian

See also: Julián and Júlian

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuː.li.ən/

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• (CDP in Pennsylvania): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuː.liˈæn/
• Rhymes: -uːliən

Proper noun

Julian

1. The Roman emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus or Julian the Philosopher or Julian the Apostate.
2. A male given name from Latin Iulianus, from Iulius.
   • 2020 May 8, Oliver Darcy, “Meet OAN, the little-watched right-wing news channel that Trump keeps promoting”, in CNN‎:

     Julian Zelizer, a Princeton University history professor and CNN analyst, agreed.

3. A female given name from Latin, of medieval English usage, variant of Gillian.
4. An English surname originating as a patronymic.
5. A French surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Julien.
6. A locale in the United States.
   1. A village in Nebraska; named for early French settler Julian Bahuaud.
   2. A census-designated place in San Diego County, California; named for early settler Mike Julian.
   3. A census-designated place in Pennsylvania.
   4. An unincorporated community in Kansas.
   5. An unincorporated community in North Carolina.
   6. An unincorporated community in West Virginia; named for early landowner Julian Hill.

Quotations

• 1813 George Crabbe, Tracy, Poems by George Crabbe, Adolphus William Ward,The University Press (1907), page 455:

  "I'll give the Boy a Name you must approve: / He shall be Julian!" "An heroic Name / Of some old fool!" said the indignant Dame. / "Fool!" said the Husband; "nay, a glorious Prince; / Nor have Mankind beheld his equal since, / He the whole World from Superstition Free'd / And left the Bigots neither Cross or Creed.

• 1968, Robin Maugham, The Second Window, McGraw - Hill, page 275:

  I was hoping the man would have some romantic name like Sebastian or Julian. However, as a surname Fletcher's all right.

Alternative forms

• (male given name): Jolyon, Julyan
• (English surname): Jullian, Julyan, Gillian

Derived terms

• (diminutive): Jools, Jules
• Julian period

Related terms

• Julianna
• Julianne
• San Julian

Translations

male given name

Albanian: Xhuljano Arabic: جوليان Basque: Julen (eu) Bengali: জুলীয় (juliẏo) Breton: Juluan (br) m Bulgarian: Юлиа́н m (Julián) (cognate), Джу́лиан m (Džúlian) (transliteration) Burmese: ဂျူလီယန် (gyuliyan) Catalan: Julià (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 朱利安 (Zhūlì'ān) Coptic: ⲓⲟⲩⲗⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ (ioulianos) Danish: Julian Dutch: Julian (nl) French: Julien (fr) m Middle French: Iulian Galician: Xulián, Xián (gl), Xiao (gl) m German: Julian (de) Greek: Ιουλιανός (el) m (Ioulianós) Hindi: जूलियन (jūliyan) Italian: Giuliano (it) Japanese: ジュリアン (Jurian) Korean: 줄리언 (jullieon) Lombard: Giulian, Giügliàn Malayalam: ജൂലിയൻ (jūliyaṉ) Maori: Huriana Norwegian: Julian (no) Occitan: Julian m, Jolian m, Julien m, Júlia m Old Portuguese: Juião Pannonian Rusyn: Юлиян m (Julijan) Polish: Julian (pl) m Portuguese: Julião, Juliano (pt) Russian: Юлиа́н (ru) m (Julián) (cognate), Джу́лиан (ru) m (Džúlian) (transliteration) Sinhalese: ජුලියානු (juliyānu) Spanish: Julián (es) Tamil: யூலியன் (yūliyaṉ) Thai: จูเลียน

Adjective

Julian

1. Of or relating to Julius Caesar.
2. Of or relating to the Julian calendar.
3. Of or relating to the Julia programming language.

Derived terms

• Julian Alps
• Julian calendar
• Julian epoch
• Julianist
• Julian year
• Julio-Claudian

Translations

of or relating to Julius Caesar

Bulgarian: юлиàнски (juliànski) Czech: juliánský Finnish: juliaaninen (fi) French: julien (fr) German: julianisch (de) Polish: juliański (pl) Portuguese: juliano (pt) Russian: юлиа́нский (ru) (juliánskij) Spanish: juliano

Further reading

• Julian (emperor) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Jianlu, unjail

Albanian

Proper noun

Julian m

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Julian

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	Julian	Juliani
accusative		Julianin
dat./abl.	Juliani	Julianit

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Julian. Also from Spanish Julián.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ju‧lian

Proper noun

Julian

1. a male given name from English or Spanish

Danish

Proper noun

Julian

1. a male given name derived from Latin Julianus

Faroese

Etymology

Ultimately, from Latin iūliānus.

Proper noun

Julian m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Julian: Juliansson
• daughter of Julian: Juliansdóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Julian
accusative	Julian
dative	Juliani
genitive	Julians

Finnish

Proper noun

Julian

1. genitive singular of Julia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Julian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.ljɑ̃/

Proper noun

Julian m

1. a male given name, English variant of Julien

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Julian m (proper noun, strong, genitive Julians)

1. a male given name from Latin Julianus

Norwegian

Proper noun

Julian

1. a male given name derived from Latin Julianus

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Julian

Wikipedia ^pl

Alternative forms

• Ulijon (Kuyavia)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈju.ljan/

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -uljan
• Syllabification: Ju‧lian

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin Jūliānus.

Proper noun

Julian m pers (female equivalent Juliana or Julianna)

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Julian

Declension

Declension of Julian

	singular	plural
nominative	Julian	Julianowie
genitive	Juliana	Julianów
dative	Julianowi	Julianom
accusative	Juliana	Julianów
instrumental	Julianem	Julianami
locative	Julianie	Julianach
vocative	Julianie	Julianowie

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Julian f

1. genitive plural of Juliana

Further reading

• Julian in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Julián.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /hulˈjan/ [hʊlˈjan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: Jul‧ian

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Proper noun

Julián (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜎ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔)

1. a male given name from Spanish