Juluis
Masculine
Juluis is a Roman family name with two letters exchanged — and the family name itself was never a first name in Rome at all. Romans carried three names in a fixed order, and this one sat in the middle.
How old is the name Juluis?
Juluis first appears in US birth records in 1881 — 144 years ago. The typical Juluis alive today was born around 1927, making them about 98 years old. About 200 people named Juluis are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Juluis most popular?
Juluis peaked in 1898, reaching #804 nationally. See the whole 1898 chart.
Where it comes from
From Iulius to Juluis
The story of Juluis
The Roman system was rigid and informative. A man had a first name from a very short list — there were about eighteen in common use, which is why Roman first names are so repetitive — then a clan name, then a third name that identified his branch of the clan or recorded something about an ancestor. Julius is the middle one: it says which clan, not which man. So a modern boy called Julius is carrying what was effectively a surname, in a system where the personal part came first and mattered least. The same is true of Claudius, Cornelius, Marcus and half the Roman names in American use — a whole naming system borrowed with the parts in the wrong order.
Meaningnot established
Not established
What Julius meant before it was a family name has not been recovered. The family's own account traced it to a legendary ancestor, which is a lineage claim rather than an etymology. The transposed letters in this spelling add nothing and subtract nothing.
How the name formed
- Iulius
- Julius
- Juluis
Related forms: Julio · Giulio · Julius · Juliusz
Pronouncing Juluis
JOOL-yus
Two syllables in ordinary American speech. The transposed letters are invisible when the name is said aloud, which is why the spelling survived.
Nicknames for Juluis
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1881
- Most boys named
- 192131 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #804reached in 1898
- Change vs 2000
- 0.0%5 in 2015, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Juluis in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Julio in Spanish — same name
- Giulio in Italian — same name
- Julius in German — same name
- Juliusz in Polish — same name
Juluiss among us
people named Juluis are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Juluis sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The name behind it is ancient, dignified and recognized everywhere in the West.
- It has a native form in every European language.
- It shortens cleanly and works at any age.
- Julius is the standard spelling and his will be corrected to it on every document.
- The letters look like a slip, and people will assume one.
- All the history belongs to the standard spelling.
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Frequently asked
- How many Juluiss are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Juluis are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Juluis in 2025?
- Juluis is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Juluis with classmates?
- Juluis will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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