Given name & surname
Julen
Julen is a masculine given name from Spanish. It is used in Basque.
Original SpanishJuliano
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Basque usage, Julen developed from Julián.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Julen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 344
- 344 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,305 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +9%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,305 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 9.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 262 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 71,604 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Julen’s family of names
In Basque usage, Julen developed from the Spanish form Julián. In Basque usage, Julen has a conventional equivalent in the English form Julian. In Basque usage, Julen has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form JULIANO.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Julen
- Julen LopeteguiSpanish association football player and coachborn 1966
- Julen GuerreroSpanish footballerborn 1974
- Julen AguinagaldeSpanish handball playerborn 1982
- Julen AgirrezabalaSpanish association football playerborn 2000
- Julen MadariagaSpanish politician (1932–2021)
- Julen Etxabegurenfootballerborn 1991
- Julen ArellanoSpanish association football playerborn 1997
- Julen Luis Arizmendi MartínezSpanish chess playerborn 1976
- Julen GuimónSpanish politician (1931–2001)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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