Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Where my name came from

Hi. My name is Julie

My name was pretty poplur when I was growing up. I always have know a Julia either from school or church.

My dad used to call my mom -- BJ..Beautiful Julie

Julie means youthful, soft haired, beautiful or vivacious. Its the female form of Julius. Julie was in the top 100 female names between 1951 and 1991: It peaked at #10 in 1971.

The first appearance of Julie was in August Strienberg's tragedy Miss Julie in 1888. It become a widely performed play in the English speaking world.

3 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh. I think it is SO sweet that your Daddy called you Beautiful Julie. That is very nice. Dad's are so great, aren't they? I just love mine to pieces. Well, maybe not actual pieces, but you get the idea : )

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  2. wow. i never knew that much about the name julie. i'm a total dork and like to read through name books to see meanings of different names. i've always liked the name julie. i think it's very pretty and flowy and it kind of just rolls off the tongue. :)

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