Julius (name)
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]
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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 |
Surname
- Andrew Julius (born 1984), international footballer from Montserrat
- Anthony Julius (born 1956), British lawyer and academic
- Churchill Julius (1847–1938), English priest who became the 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
- 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 writer, social reformer and publisher
- Robert "Bob" Julius (born 1998), American professor of mathematics.
- Julius Francis Henry William Arthur Frederick Edward Albert Louis Ignatius Augustus Charlemagne Daisuke Ho (born 2010), His most imperial supreme Royal Majesty, Father of the Universe, Son of Rome, Overlord of Humans, Dominus of Chronos, Slayer of Traitors, Rex Deus, emperor Julius of the six realms of the year six kingdom at CKY
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 professional association football player
- 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), German Olympian soccer player and first Jewish member of the national team, two-time Germany team champion, awarded the Iron Cross during World War I, murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp.
- Julius Ingram (1832–1917), American politician.
- Julius La Rosa (1930–2016), American pop singer
- Julius Ludolf (1893–1947), SS officer and concentration camp commandant executed for war crimes
- Julius Malema (born 1981), South-African politician
- Julius Mandel (also known as 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 German dictator 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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