Given name
Julianna
Julianna is a feminine given name, possibly from Latin. It is used in English, Polish, and Faroese.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Julianna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 52,311
- 26 boys · 52,285 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 1,814 babies
- 2025
- 779
- #398 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −33%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 779 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 398 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 33.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,814 in 2006. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (146). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 41,990 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.
Julianna’s family of names
In Polish usage, Julianna has a diminutive in ULINA. In German usage, Julianna has a related form in Julia. In Polish usage, Julianna has a conventional equivalent in the English form Juliana.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Julianna has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
8 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Julianmasculine form
- JulianaEnglish
- Julietaequivalent
- GiulianaItalian
- Liannaequivalent
- Giuliannaequivalent
- Julieannaequivalent
- Ulianaequivalent
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People named Julianna
- Julianna MarguliesAmerican actress (born 1966)
- Julianna GuillAmerican actress (born 1987)
- Julianna Rose MaurielloAmerican former actress and dancerborn 1991
- Yulianna AvdeevaRussian pianistborn 1985
- Julianna PeñaAmerican mixed martial artist (born 1989)
- Juliana of LazarevoRussian saint1530–1604
- Julianna BaggottAmerican writerborn 1969
- Julianna BarwickAmerican musicianborn 2000
- Julianna McCarthyAmerican actressborn 1929
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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