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'''Julia''' is usually a woman's [[given name]] or a [[surname]]. It is of Latin origin and means "youthful" or full of life. |
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Julia is a bit of a shnink! :) |
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==Julius family== |
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In [[Rome|Ancient Rome]], women from all branches of the [[Julius|Julius family]] were called Julia (see [[Roman naming conventions]]). |
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*[[Julia Caesaris]], the name of many Julias of the Julii Caesares (Julius Caesar branch) |
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*[[Julia the Elder]], (Julia Caesaris) daughter of emperor [[Augustus]] |
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*[[Livia]] Drusilla, Julia Augusta, the wife of emperor Augustus |
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*[[Julia (daughter of Drusus the Younger)]] or Julia Drusi Caesaris, granddaughter of emperor [[Tiberius]] |
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* Daughters of [[Germanicus]]: Julia Agrippina or [[Agrippina the Younger]], Julia Drusilla (see [[Drusilla (sister of Caligula)]] and [[Julia Livilla]]. |
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*[[Julia Drusilla]], daughter of emperor [[Caligula]] |
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==Other Romans== |
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*[[Julia Urania]], wife of Roman client king [[Ptolemy of Mauretania]] |
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*[[Julia Bodina]], a freedwoman to queen Julia Urania of Mauretania |
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*Julia Procilla, mother of general [[Gnaeus Julius Agricola]] |
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*[[Julia Agricola]], daughter of general [[Gnaeus Julius Agricola]] and wife to historian [[Tacitus]] |
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*[[Julia Flavia]], daughter of emperor [[Titus]] |
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* Julia Serviana [[Paulina]], niece of emperor [[Hadrian]] |
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* Julia Fadilla, younger half-sister to emperor [[Antoninus Pius]] and paternal aunt to empress [[Faustina the Younger]] |
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*[[Julia Domna]], empress and wife of emperor [[Septimius Severus]] |
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*[[Julia Maesa]], Domna's elder sister |
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*[[Julia Soaemias]], daughter to [[Julia Maesa]] and mother of emperor [[Elagabalus]] |
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*[[Julia Avita Mamaea]], Soaemias' sister and mother of emperor [[Alexander Severus]] |
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* Julia Aurelia [[Zenobia]], [[Syria]]n queen of [[Palmyra]] |
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*[[Helena of Constantinople]], Flavia Julia Helena mother of emperor [[Constantine I]] |
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==People== |
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Today, '''Julia''' is a common name and is also a surname. |
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===As first name=== |
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*[[Julia Boutros]] (b. 1968), Lebanese singer, mostly known for her national song ''Ghabet Shams El Haq'' |
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*[[Julia de Burgos]], puerto rican poet |
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*[[Julia Child]] (1912–2004), American gourmet cook, author, and television personality |
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*[[Julia Clarete]] (b. 1979), Filipino singer-actress |
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*[[Julie Clarke|Julia Anne Clarke]], Playboy Playmate of the Month for March 1991 |
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*[[Julia Fischer]] (b. 1983), German violinist |
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*[[Julia Gillard]], Australian politician |
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*[[Julia Grant]] (1826-1902), wife of 18th U.S. President Ulysses Grant |
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*[[Julia Haworth]] (b. 1979), British actress. |
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*[[Julia Ward Howe]] (1819-1910), wrote poem that became the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" |
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*[[Julia Irwin]], Australian politician |
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*[[Julia Lennon]] (1914-1958), mother of John Lennon |
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*[[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]] (b. 1961), American actress, costar of the TV series ''Seinfeld'' |
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*[[Julia Morgan]] (1872-1957), San Francisco architect, see Hearst Castle |
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*[[Julia Newmeyer]] (b. 1933), actress known as Julie Newmar, see Catwoman |
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*[[Julia Roberts]] (b. 1967), American actress, star of the movie ''Pretty Woman'' |
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*[[Julia Sawalha]] (b. 1968), British actress |
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*[[Julia Stiles]] (b. 1981), American actress, star of the movie ''10 Things I Hate about You'' |
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*[[Julia Ormond]] (b. 1965), British actress, star of the movie ''Legends of the Fall'' |
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*[[Julia Sweeney]] (b. 1961), American actor and comedian, Alumna of Saturday Night Live |
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*[[Julia Savicheva]] (b. 1987), the Russian contestant from Eurovision 2004 |
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*[[Julia Blum]] (b. 1988), wealthy [[National Rifle Association]] financier and lobbyist |
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*[[Yulia Volkova]] (b. 1985), Russian singer |
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*[[Julia Wells]], singer known as Julie Andrews |
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===As last name=== |
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*[[Bernard Julia]] (b. 1952), French theoretical physicist at Ecole Normale Supérieure |
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*[[Didier Julia]] (b. 1934), a French deputy |
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*[[Gaston Julia]] (1893–1978), a French mathematician who devised the Julia set of fractals |
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*[[Raúl Juliá]] (1940–1994), American actor |
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==Fictional characters== |
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*[[List of Cowboy Bebop characters#Julia|Julia]], a character in the anime series ''Cowboy Bebop'' |
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*[[Julia Chang]], a character in the fighting game series Tekken |
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*[[List of Beyblade characters#Julia Fernandez|Julia Fernandez]], a character in the anime series ''Beyblade'' |
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*[[Julia (1984)]], a character from George Orwell's dystopian novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' |
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*Julia, a character in William Shakespeare's play "[[Two Gentlemen of Verona]]" |
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*[[Julia Flyte]] is one of the Flyte siblings in the novel ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]'' by Evelyn Waugh. |
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*[[Julia Merton]], a character in Oscar Wilde's short story "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" |
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*[[Julia Pargetter]], mother of Nigel Pargetter, owner of Lower Loxley, a minor stately home, in ''[[The Archers]]''. |
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*[[Julia Shuttlethwaite]], a character in T.S. Eliot's play, "The Cocktail Party" |
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*[[Julia Forsyte Small]], a character in [[The Forsyte Saga]] by John Galsworthy |
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*[[Julia Sugarbaker]], outspoken interior designer, played by Dixie Carter on the sitcom ''Designing Women'' |
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*[[Julia (Rave Master)]], a character in manga series [[Rave Master]]. |
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==Christian saints== |
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*[[Julia of Corsica]], Feast Day May 22 |
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*[[Marie Rose Julia Billiart]], Feast Day April 8 |
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*[[Ursula Julia Ledochowska]], Saint Ursula, Feast Day October 21 |
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==In entertainment== |
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*[[Julia (film)]], a 1977 film starring Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Fonda, and Jason Robards |
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*[[Julia (TV series)]], a TV series starring Diahann Carroll that ran on NBC from 1968 to 1971 |
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*[[Julia (song)]], a song from The Beatles' ''White Album'' |
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*[[Julia (Eurythmics song)]], a song by Eurythmics, based on the character in George Orwell's ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' and featured on their album, ''1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)'' |
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*''[[Being Julia]]'', a 2004 movie starring Annette Bening |
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==Other uses== |
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*[[Julia River]], a river in Switzerland |
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*[[89 Julia]], an asteroid |
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*[[Julia set]], a set of fractals defined by Gaston Julia |
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*''[[Dryas julia]]'', the Julia butterfly, a common New World ''Heliconiinae'' butterfly |
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*'''Julia''', the replacement for [[Hurricane Jeanne]] on the 2010 hurricane lists |
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==See also== |
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*[[Julie (given name)]] |
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*[[Yulia]] |
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Revision as of 13:05, 26 September 2007
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