Meanings
- A female given name from French Julie, popular in the latter half of the 20th century, equivalent to English Julia.
"I loathe the name of Julia. Julie, in the French way, is quite pretty, but Julia! - " "Call her Cousin Julie then; I've no doubt she'll prefer it. She's nothing if not progressive, I believe."
1917, Grace Flandrau, Cousin Julia, D. Appleton and Company, page 33 more examples
The first-born Child had every dawning Grace / And promis'd Beauty in her form and face. / "We'll call her Julie if you please, my dear," / The Mother cry'd, "I doat on Julie Vere." / "What! no Remembrance of her Aunt! for Shame! / You doat indeed! be Barbara her name!"
1813, George Crabbe, “Tracy”, in Adolphus William Ward, editor, Poems by George Crabbe, The University Press, published 1907, page 455They were called Jim & Julie, professionally. It seemed such a waste to deal in fantasy, in illusion and pretend, and not christen one's endeavor more suggestively. Kate wondered if their real names were Letitia and Sylvester, or Cleopatra and Mandrake; perhaps they'd gone undercover with white-bread names in quest of posh children's parties and Yankee suitability.
2000, Jayne Anne Phillips, Mother Kind, page 156But Republicans and Porter's Democratic primary opponents have seized on an interview from last month that widely surfaced the week of Oct. 6 in which she reprimands CBS News California journalist Julie Watts multiple times.
2025 October 8, Jay Stahl, “Katie Porter goes viral again. This time, for berating a reporter.”, in USA Today - rareA diminutive of the female given name Julia.
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Julie
Cite this entry
Julie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Julie
“Julie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Julie. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Julie,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Julie.
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