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

Languages: This girl's name is used in English and French.

Nickname For: Julia

Nicknames: Liette

Alternative Spellings: Juliett

Variant Forms: Julet, Julietta, Jullet and Lajuliette

Popularity: The name Juliette ranked 621st in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 896th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

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