Meaning: Its source is a Greek expression meaning "Jove's descendant."

Languages: This boy's name is used in Italian.

Feminine Forms: Giuliana

Narrative: Some authorities prefer the meaning ''downy beard.'' However, this might have been understood as an attribute of Jove, the chief of the Greco-Roman gods.

The original Greek name evolved into the name of a Roman clan, whose most famous member was the military and political leader Julius Caesar.