Given name & surname
Jula
“one who is youthful; daughter of the sky”·“the child of Jove; one who is youthful”
In Polish use, Jula is a diminutive of Julia. One Latin interpretation is “one who is youthful; daughter of the sky.” In Czech use, Jula is a diminutive of Julius. One Greek interpretation is “the child of Jove; one who is youthful.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Polish use, Jula is a diminutive of Julia. One Latin interpretation is “one who is youthful; daughter of the sky.” In Czech use, Jula is a diminutive of Julius. One Greek interpretation is “the child of Jove; one who is youthful.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Polish use, Jula is a diminutive of Julia. An origin associated with Julia is Latin. In Czech use, Jula is a diminutive of Julius. A possible origin is Roman, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Czech usage, Jula is a diminutive of Julie. In Polish usage, Jula is a diminutive of Julia.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Polish use, Jula is a diminutive 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
Jula through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 322 as a first name in 2020; 182 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.
Jula’s family of names
In Czech usage, Jula is a diminutive of Julie. In German usage, Jula has a related form in Julia. In Polish usage, Jula is a diminutive of Julia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jula has relatives in 3 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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