Julíus

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Julíus is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From English Julius, borrowed from Latin Iūlius, possibly from Ancient Greek ἴουλος (íoulos, “downy first beard hairs”).

  • LTLithuania≈1 in 410(inferred from the name graph)
  • FIFinland1 in 464
  • KEKenya≈1 in 550few records

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈150,000 people, est.

Record sources
469 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 412 (inferred from the name graph)

Lithuania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Julius in US United States, PH Philippines, NG Nigeria and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)
Derivation of Julíus: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Julíus
  1. EnglishJulius(measured from records)
  2. LatinIūlius(measured from records)
  3. Ancient Greekἴουλοςíoulos“downy first beard hairs”(measured from records)

From English Julius, borrowed from Latin Iūlius, possibly from Ancient Greek ἴουλος (íoulos, “downy first beard hairs”).

Cited for this meaning 7

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wiktionary
  • Biblical Names Compiled Database

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Julíus counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Julíus is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NG Nigeria#264≈150,000 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Julius103
PH Philippines#232≈120,000 est.≈1 in 968—Julius150
TZ Tanzania#364≈100,000 est.≈1 in 656—Julius39
KE Kenya—≈100,000 est.≈1 in 548—Julius41
US United States#75640,0071 in 8.3K40KJulius469
FI Finland—11,9961 in 46415KJulius29
LT Lithuania#110≈7,000 est.≈1 in 412listedJulius117
IS Iceland—3681 in 953368—2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Julíus is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Slovak given name50 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia, United States, Croatia, Ukraine

    Languages: Slovak, Czech, Croatian

    Also written Július, Julius, Julije, Юліус, Юлиус

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Julíus under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Julíus mean, and where does it come from?
From English Julius, borrowed from Latin Iūlius, possibly from Ancient Greek ἴουλος (íoulos, “downy first beard hairs”). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular… and 5 other sources.
Is Julíus a male or female name?
Julíus is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
Which countries have the most people named Julíus?
Mondonomo estimates about 154 thousand people named Julíus in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled julius. After it come Philippines, Tanzania, Kenya and United States; the country table on this page ranks them.
How common is the name Julíus?
In the United States, the national register counted 40,007 people named Julíus in 2020, about 1 in 8.3 thousand residents.
How common is Julíus compared with other names?
In Nigeria, Julíus is the 264th most common given name of 138,191 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Julíus” — the 264th most common given name in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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