Given name & surname
Julienne
“one who is youthful; daughter of the sky”
Julienne is a variant of Julia. One Latin interpretation is “one who is youthful; daughter of the sky.” Julienne connects to the Julian name family through Julien. One Greek interpretation is “the child of Jove; one who is vouthful Julien, Julira.uscant eni Jaun., ilano blyon,.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Julienne is a variant of Julia. One Latin interpretation is “one who is youthful; daughter of the sky.” Julienne connects to the Julian name family through Julien. One Greek interpretation is “the child of Jove; one who is vouthful Julien, Julira.uscant eni Jaun., ilano blyon,.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Julienne is a variant of Julia. An origin associated with Julia is Latin. Julienne connects to the Julian name family through Julien. An origin associated with Julian is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Julienne is a variant 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
Julienne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,719
- 32 boys · 2,687 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 48 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,477 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −40%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,477 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 39.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 46 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,136 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.
Julienne’s family of names
Julienne is a feminine form of Julien. Julienne has a related form in Julia. In German usage, Julienne has a related form in Juliana.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Julienne has relatives in 7 languages.
9 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Julietteequivalent
- Julienmasculine form
- Julianneequivalent
- GillianEnglish
- Julieneequivalent
- Juliennaequivalent
- Juliottgallo
- Julottgallo
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People named Julienne
- Juliette DrouetFrench actress (1806–1883)
- Julienne MathieuFrench actress (1874-1943)
- Julienne KeutchaCameroonian politician1924–2000
- Julienne Uwacupolitician :Cabinet Minister of Sports & Culture, Cabinet of Rwandaborn 1979
- Julienne IrwinAmerican singerborn 1993
- Julienne DavidFrench privateer1777–1843
- Julienne SalvatFrench novelist and poet (1932–2019)
- Julienne DavisAmerican actressborn 1973
- Julienne BušićAmerican writer and co-conspirator of Zvonko Bušić (1948-2026)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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