Julius (name)
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek or Latin |
| Meaning | "Downy-bearded" or "devoted to Jove" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Julia, Jules, Julie, Julien, Julio, Jolyon |
Julius was the name of a Roman family, most famously the dictator Gaius Julius Caesar. The name Julius may be derived from Greek ιουλος (ioulos) "downy-bearded" or from Latin Jovilius "devoted to Jove". Julio/Júlio is the Spanish/Portuguese form and Jules is the French form.[1]
Surname[]
- Andrew Julius (born 1984), international footballer from Montserrat
- Anthony Julius (born 1956), British lawyer and academic
- Churchill Julius (1847–1938), first Archbishop of New Zealand
- David Julius (born 1955), American physiologist
- DeAnne Julius (born 1949), British-based American economist
- George Julius (1873–1946), Australian inventor and engineer
- Harry Julius (1885–1938), Australian commercial artist
- Leigh Julius (born 1985), South African sprinter
- Max Julius (1916–1963), Australian barrister and communist
- Orlando Julius (born 1943), Nigerian musician
- E. Haldeman-Julius (né Emanuel Julius) (1889–1951), Jewish-American socialist
Given name[]
- Pope Julius (disambiguation), multiple popes
- Julius (judge royal) (fl. before 1135), a nobleman in the Kingdom of Hungary
- Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1812–1884), German noble
- Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1528–1589), German noble
- Julius Aghahowa (born 1982), a football striker from Nigeria
- Julius Akosah (born 1982), Cameroonian-Hongkonger (soccer) footballer
- Julius Axelrod (1912–2004), an American biochemist
- Julius Babao (born 1968), Filipino broadcast journalist
- Julius Bacher (1810–1889), German playwright and novelist
- Julius Bär (1857–1922), German banker
- Julius Boros (1920–1994), Major winning golfer
- Julius Brink (born 1982), German beach volleyball player
- Julius Büdel (1903–1983), German geomorphologist
- Julius Eastman (1940–1990), American composer
- Julius Erving (born 1950), American basketball player
- Julius Evola (1898–1974), Italian philosopher
- Julius Fučík (disambiguation), multiple people
- Julius Fučík (composer) (1872–1916), Czech composer, the journalist's uncle
- Julius Fučík (journalist) (1903–1943), Czech journalist, the composer's nephew
- Julius Gregory (born 1988), American football player
- Julius Hirsch (1892–1945), Jewish German soccer player and Iron Cross recipient
- Julius Ingram (1832–1917), American politician.
- Julius La Rosa (1930–2016), American pop singer
- Julius Ludolf (1893–1947), German SS officer and concentration camp commandant
- Julius Maganda (born 1971), Ugandan politician
- Julius Malema (born 1981), South-African politician
- Julius Mandel aka Gyula Mándi (1899–1969), Hungarian Olympic footballer and manager
- Julius Masvanise (born 1966), Zimbabwean track and field athlete
- Julius Nyerere (1922–1999), president of Tanzania
- Julius Petersen (1839–1910), Danish mathematician
- Julius Randle (born 1994), American professional basketball player
- Julius Reubke (1834–1858) was a composer, pianist and organist.
- Julius Richard Petri (1852–1921), German bacteriologist
- Julius Rudel (1921–2014), Austrian-born American opera and orchestra conductor
- Julius Rosenberg (1918–1953), American communist
- Julius Schaub (1898–1976), chief aide and adjutant to Adolf Hitler
- Julius Schwartz (1915–2004), comic book and pulp magazine editor
- Julius Seligson (1909–1987), American tennis player
- Julius Streicher (1885–1946), notorious Nazi newspaper editor
- Julius Terpstra (born 1989), Dutch politician
- Julius the Veteran (255–302), Catholic saint and martyr
- Julius Warmsley (born 1990), American football player
- Julius Zeyer (1841–1901), Czech romantic writer
Fictional characters[]
- Julius, book by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Dav Pilkey
- Julius, song by the band Phish on their album Hoist
- Julius Caesar, fictional character, Japanese name of Julian Konzern from the animated series Beyblade: Metal Masters (Metal Fight Beyblade: Explosion in Japan)
- Julius Hibbert, a character from The Simpsons TV series
- Julius Little, fictional character in the Xbox 360 game Saints Row
- Julius Pringles, the name of the mascot for Pringles potato crisps
- Julius, a comic monkey character created by Paul Frank
- Julius, the father from the television series Everybody Hates Chris
- Julius, one of the main characters from the Canadian animated series Delilah & Julius
- The faction House of Julii from the computer game Rome: Total War uses Julius as the family name
- Julius Belmont, vampire hunter and descendant of Simon Belmont from the Castlevania series of video games
- Julius, a monster in the 1995 animated Mickey Mouse short, Runaway Brain
- Dr. Julius Strangepork, a character in The Muppets
- Julius the Cat, Walt Disney's first recurring animated character.
- Julius Zebra, a book franchise from author Gary Northfield.
- Julius Oppenheimmer Jr., a character from The Amazing World of Gumball.
- Julius Euclius, a character from Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
See also[]
- Julius (disambiguation)
- Jukka Nevalainen, a Finnish drummer whose nickname is Julius
References[]
- ^ Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4.
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