Given name & surname
Giulio
“one who is youthful”
Giulio is used as a given name and a surname. One Italian interpretation is “one who is youthful.”
Original ItalianGiulia
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Italian interpretation is “one who is youthful.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.
How it developed
In Italian use, Giulio is used as a form of Julius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Giulio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 674
- 674 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,582 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +9%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,582 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 22 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 965 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.
Giulio’s family of names
Giulio shares a linguistic root with Julius. In Italian usage, Giulio has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Julio. Giulio is a form of Julius.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Giulio has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 20
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 Giulio
- Giulio AndreottiItalian politician and statesman (1919–2013)
- Giulio NattaItalian chemist1903–1979
- Giulio RomanoItalian painter and architect (1499–1546)
- Giulio CacciniItalian composer1551–1618
- Giulio CicconeItalian cyclistborn 1994
- Giulio AngioniItalian anthropologist and writer (1939–2017)
- Giulio ClovioIlluminator, miniaturist, and painter, (1498-1578)
- Giulio DouhetItalian general (1869–1930)
- Giulio GaudiniItalian fencer (1904-1948)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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