Meanings
proper noun
- A female given name from Latin.
"All I ask," she says, fitting the cigarette into a holder, "is that you don't call me Juli-et. I cannot abide Juli-et. It maddens me!" "Yes, ma'am." "Here, we say Joolyut. Joolyut. Joolyut. Say it for me."
1977, Timothy Findley, The Wars, Delacorte Press/S. Lawrence, →ISBN, page 110 - One of the title characters of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii] - A woman who is or is with a great lover.
- By analogy with the Shakespeare character, a woman who is in love with a man from a family, party, or country opposing that of her own.
Origin
Translations
Arabic جُولْيِيت, جُولْيِت
- جُولْيِيت (jūlyēt)female given name
- جُولْيِت (jūlyit)female given name
- جُولْيِيت (jūlyēt)character in Romeo and Juliet
- جُولْيِت (jūlyit)character in Romeo and Juliet
Catalan Julieta
- Julietacharacter in Romeo and Juliet
Chinese Cantonese 朱麗葉 /朱丽叶
- 朱麗葉 /朱丽叶 (zyu¹ lai⁶ jip⁶)character in Romeo and Juliet
Chinese Mandarin 朱麗葉 /朱丽叶, 朱麗葉 /朱丽叶
- 朱麗葉 /朱丽叶 (Zhūlìyè)female given name
- 朱麗葉 /朱丽叶 (Zhūlìyè)character in Romeo and Juliet
Danish Julie
- Juliecharacter in Romeo and Juliet
Dutch Julia
- Juliacharacter in Romeo and Juliet
Finnish Julia
- Juliacharacter in Romeo and Juliet
French Juliette, Juliette
- Juliettefemale given name
- Juliettecharacter in Romeo and Juliet
German Julia
- Juliacharacter in Romeo and Juliet
Greek Ιουλιέτα
- Ιουλιέτα (Iouliéta)character in Romeo and Juliet
Hebrew יוּלְיָה
- יוּלְיָה (Yúlya)character in Romeo and Juliet
Hindi जूलियट
- जूलियट (jūliyaṭ)character in Romeo and Juliet
Hungarian Júlia, Júlia
- Júliafemale given name
- Júliacharacter in Romeo and Juliet
Icelandic Júlía
- Júlíafemale given name
Italian Giulietta, Giulietta
- Giuliettafemale given name
- Giuliettacharacter in Romeo and Juliet
Japanese ジュリエット, ジュリエット
- ジュリエット (Jurietto)character in Romeo and Juliet
- ジュリエット (Jurietto)moon of Uranus
Korean 줄리엣
- 줄리엣 (Julliet)character in Romeo and Juliet
Norwegian Julie
- Juliecharacter in Romeo and Juliet
Polish Julita, Julia
- Julitafemale given name
- Juliacharacter in Romeo and Juliet
- Juliamoon of Uranus
Portuguese Julieta, Julieta
- Julietafemale given name
- Julietacharacter in Romeo and Juliet
Russian Джулье́тта
- Джулье́тта (Džulʹjétta)character in Romeo and Juliet
Spanish Julieta, Julieta
- Julietafemale given name
- Julietacharacter in Romeo and Juliet
Swedish Julia
- Juliacharacter in Romeo and Juliet
Turkish Juliet, Jülyet
- Julietcharacter in Romeo and Juliet
- Jülyetcharacter in Romeo and Juliet
Cite this entry
APA
Juliet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Juliet
MLA
“Juliet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Juliet. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Juliet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Juliet.
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