Given name & surname
Giulia
“one who is youthful; daughter of the sky”
Giulia is a form of Julia. One Latin interpretation is “one who is youthful; daughter of the sky.”
Original ItalianGiù
Meaning & origin
What it means
Giulia is a form of Julia. One Latin interpretation is “one who is youthful; daughter of the sky.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.
How it developed
In Italian use, Giulia is used as a form of Julia.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Giulia is a form of Julia. The history of Julia gives this family its wider story. Julia’s historical associations include numerous early saints.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Giulia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,783
- 0 boys · 3,783 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 239 babies
- 2025
- 203
- #1,141 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +59%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 203 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,141 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 58.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (36). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,593 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Giulia’s family of names
In Italian usage, Giulia has a diminutive in Giù. Giulia shares a linguistic root with Julia. In Italian usage, Giulia has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Julie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Giulia has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Juliacognate · English, Polish
- JulieCzech
- Yuliyaequivalent
- Юлияequivalent
- Júliaequivalent
- Julikaequivalent
- Yuliiaequivalent
- Giuliequivalent
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See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Giulia
- Giulia GwinnGerman association football playerborn 1999
- Giulia Farnesemistress to Pope Alexander VI1474–1524
- Giulia QuintavalleItalian judokaborn 1983
- Giulia GonzagaItalian noblewoman of the Renaissance1513–1566
- Giulia SteingruberSwiss artistic sports gymnastborn 1994
- Giulia LamaItalian painter (1681-1747)
- Giulia TofanaItalian poisoner
- Giulia RizziItalian fencerborn 1989
- Giulia GrisiItalian soprano (1811-1869)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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