Given name
Júlio
“descended from or pertaining to Jove”
Júlio is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Old Latin. It is used in Portuguese.
Original LatinIulius
Meaning & origin
What it means
Júlio goes back to Old Latin *Iovilios, meaning “descended from or pertaining to Jove.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Júlio comes from Latin, and ultimately from Old Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Latin Iūlius, from Old Latin *Iovilios (“descended from or pertaining to Jove”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Júlio’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Júlio shares an earlier linguistic root with JULHO. In Portuguese usage, Júlio has a conventional equivalent in the Basque form Julio. In Portuguese usage, Júlio has a conventional equivalent in the English form Julius.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Júlio has relatives in 52 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Júlio comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 46
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- IuliusLatin
- Julianequivalent
- JuliusEnglish, Swedish
- Julioia, Esperanto
- JulesFrench
- Giulianoequivalent
- Yulianequivalent
- Julianoequivalent
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- YuliAzerbaijani
- JuliOccitan, Catalan
- GiulioVenetian, Sardinian
- Юлианequivalent
- Júliahas masculine form
- JuliuszPolish
- Juliãoequivalent
- Julijanequivalent
- Iulianequivalent
- Juluanequivalent
- Júlíusequivalent
- Юліанequivalent
- Julianusequivalent
- Juliánequivalent
- jülTurkish
- GiuliuSicilian
- Jolėjossgs
- ЮлийRussian, Bulgarian
- IuliuRomanian
- JoolManx
- JūlijsLatvian
- JúliusIcelandic
- IúilIrish
- GyulaHungarian
- जुलियसHindi
- יוליוסHebrew
- ΙούλιοςGreek
- IŵlWelsh
- XulioGalician
- Júliuext
- JulijeCroatian, Bosnian
- Юліюсbe-tarask
- ЮлійBelarusian
- XuliuAsturian
- ՀուլիոսArmenian
- ChulioAragonese
- يوليوسArabic
- Julhodoublet · Portuguese
People named Júlio
- Júlio CésarBrazilian footballerborn 1979
- Júlio BaptistaBrazilian footballerborn 1981
- Júlio Duarte LangaMozambican Roman Catholic priest cardinal (1927–2026)
- Júlio PrestesBrazilian politician, elected President of Brazil (1882-1946)
- Júlio CésarBrazilian footballer (born 1963)
- Júlio CésarBrazilian association football playerborn 1980
- Júlio SérgioBrazilian footballerborn 1978
- Júlio César LealBrazilian association football managerborn 1951
- JulinhoBrazilian association football playerborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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