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Also known as Juliana (given name), Juliana (first name)

Juliana (variants Julijana, Julianna, Giuliana, Iuliana, Yuliana, etc) is a feminine given name which is the feminine version of the Roman name Julianus. Juliana or Giuliana was the name of a number of early saints, notably Saint Julian the Hospitaller, which ensured the name's continued popularity in the medieval period.

Key facts

Given name.name
Juliana
Given name.image
Staatsieportret Koningin Juliana voor gemeente Best.jpg
Given name.caption
Queen Juliana was a Dutch princess and queen of the Netherlands.
Given name.pronunciation
jūl-îanná
Given name.gender
Female
Given name.meaning
"youthful"
Given name.region
Mediterranean Europe
Given name.nickname
Juli, Julie, Judy, Jules etc.
Given name.origin
from Latin
Given name.related names
Julianus, Julian, Julia, Julio, Julius, Julien, Julie, Judy
Given name.image_size
200

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Wikidata facts

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native label
Juliana
writing system
Latin script
Soundex
J450
Cologne phonetics
056
Caverphone
YLN111
language of work or name
Dutch
given name version for other gender
Julian
different from
Juliana of Nicomedia
Commons category
Juliana (given name)
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • People with the given name Juliana
  • Medieval
  • Early modern
  • Modern
  • Animals
  • See also

Juliana (variants Julijana, Julianna, Giuliana, Iuliana, Yuliana, etc) is a feminine given name which is the feminine version of the Roman name Julianus. Juliana or Giuliana was the name of a number of early saints, notably Saint Julian the Hospitaller, which ensured the name's continued popularity in the medieval period.

==People with the given name Juliana== ===Medieval=== Ordered chronologically Julianna of Paul and Juliana (died 270), Christian martyr during the Aurelian persecution St. Juliana of Nicomedia (died 304), Christian martyr during the Diocletian persecution St. Juliana (, a martyr associated with the legend of Saint Cucuphas Juliana Grenier (died between 1213 and 1216) St. Juliana of Liège (1193–1252), nun and visionary from Retinnes in Fléron in the Bishopric of Liège, now in Belgium St. Juliana Falconieri (1270–1341), Italian foundress of the Servite Third Order Juliana or Julian of Norwich (1342–1416), English anchoress, Christian mystic and theologian Juliana Holszanska (1375–1448), third wife of Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania Juliana Berners (1388–?), English writer on heraldry, hawking and hunting, said to have been a prioress

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