The first name Juliana
A girl’s name from Latin.
4 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Latin origin
From Middle English Juliana, from Latin Iūliāna.
A form of Julianus.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 15 girls were named Juliana, making it the 1,892nd most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2019, with 40 births (#897).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Juliana with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Juliana at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 1,203 girls born in the United States were named Juliana, the 256th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2007, when 2,224 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Juliana in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Spelled Juliana in Finnish, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish too.
Nicknames and spellings
Other spellings and forms
Famous people named Juliana
41 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Juliana PashaAlbanian singer, born 1980
- Juliana PaesBrazilian actress, born 1979
- Juliana HatfieldAmerican guitarist/singer-songwriter and author, born 1967
- Juliana HarkavyAmerican actress, born 1985
- Juliana AwadaFirst Lady of Argentina from 2015 to 2019
- Juliana DonaldAmerican actress, born 1964
- Juliana of StolbergGerman countess (1506–1580)
- Juliana KnustBrazilian actress, born 1981
- Juliana of Hesse-DarmstadtCountess of East Frisia, 1606–1659
- Juliana SilvaBrazilian beach volleyball player, born 1983
- Juliana BernersEnglish prioress and author, 1388–1500
- India Juliana16th-century Guaraní rebel from early-colonial Paraguay., 1542–1542
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Questions
- What does the name Juliana mean?
- From Middle English Juliana, from Latin Iūliāna.
- What is the origin of the name Juliana?
- From Middle English Juliana, from Latin Iūliāna.
- How popular is the name Juliana?
- In 2025, 15 girls born in England and Wales were named Juliana, ranking 1,892nd. Its peak was 2019, with 40 births.
- Is Juliana a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 67,797 US babies named Juliana since 1880 were girls.
- When was Juliana most popular?
- 2007 in the United States, when 2,224 babies were named Juliana, its highest rank at 162nd.
- What name is Juliana a form of?
- Juliana is a form of Julianus.
- What are other spellings of Juliana?
- Gillian.