Given name & surname
Yuli
“the child of love; one who is youthful”
Yuli is a variant of Yuliy. In Russian use, Yuliy carries the interpretation “the child of love; one who is youthful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yuli is a variant of Yuliy. In Russian use, Yuliy carries the interpretation “the child of love; one who is youthful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yuli connects to the Julius name family through Yuliy. A possible origin is Roman, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yuli through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 400
- 10 boys · 390 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #6,106 for girls · #13,866 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +53%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,106 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 37.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 5 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,374 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.
Yuli’s family of names
Yuli has a related form in Yuliy. In Azerbaijani usage, Yuli has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Juliusz. In Azerbaijani usage, Yuli has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Júlio.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Yulianequivalent
- Yuliaequivalent
- Juliequivalent
- Yuleequivalent
- Yulyequivalent
- Yulieequivalent
- Юлийequivalent
- Юліанequivalent
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People named Yuli
- Yuli EdelsteinIsraeli politicianborn 1958
- Yuli DanielSoviet writer and poet (1925-1988)
- Yuli GurrielCuban baseball player (born 1984)
- Yuli NovakIsraeli human rights activistborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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