# July (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/july/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 544 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,261 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 567,547 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.2% (517 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒəˈlaɪ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Jul |

## Etymology

From Middle English Julie, julius, julye, from Anglo-Norman julie, from Old French jule, juil, from Latin iūlius (Gaius Julius Caesar's month), perhaps a contraction of *Iovilios, "descended from Jove".

## Who carries it

Share of people named July in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 40% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 45% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 4.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named July in the United States.

## People named July

- Miranda July, American performance artist, musician and writer (born 1974)

## Similar surnames

Juhl, Joly, Julio, Julia, Jewell, Jolly, Jolley, Jalloh, Joel, Joyal, Johal.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.