Given name & surname
Giuliano
“one who is youthful”
Giuliano is a variant of Giulio. One Italian interpretation is “one who is youthful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Giuliano is a variant of Giulio. One Italian interpretation is “one who is youthful.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Giuliano through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 948
- 948 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 44 babies
- 2025
- 44
- #2,850 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +16%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 44 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,850 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 16.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (12). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,049 as a first name in 2020; 2,884 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Giuliano’s family of names
In Italian usage, Giuliano shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Bokmål form Julian. In Italian usage, Giuliano has a conventional equivalent in the French form Julien. In Italian usage, Giuliano has a conventional equivalent in the English form Julian.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Giuliano has relatives in 7 languages.
6 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 22
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Giuliano
- Giuliano AmatoItalian politician (born 1938)
- Giuliano GemmaItalian actor (1938-2013)
- Giuliano de' MediciItalian politician (1453-1478)
- Giuliano SimeoneArgentine footballer (born 2002)
- Giuliano da SangalloItalian artist (1445-1516)
- Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of NemoursItalian nobleman, the third son of Lorenzo the Magnificent (1479-1516)
- Giuliano RazzoliItalian alpine skierborn 1984
- Giuliano MontaldoItalian film director (1930–2023)
- Giuliano SartiItalian footballer (1933-2017)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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