Iuliana
Just 127 women in Poland carry it, and new ones almost never arrive: most Poles will never meet an Iuliana. The name is Latin at root, from the family of Julius.
Iuliana Pronunciation
Iuliana is pronounced yool-YAH-nah (/julˈjana/).
What Iuliana means
Where Iuliana comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Iuliana grows from Latin, the feminine form of Iulianus. Its short meaning is plain: belonging to Julius. Behind that stands the gens Iulia, one of Rome's patrician families, the line that carried the name Julius before any emperor made it famous.
The name spread and shed letters as it moved. Julia became the short variant, Juliana and Julianna the fuller ones. All three lead back to the same Roman root. A documented early bearer of the Juliana form is Saint Juliana of Nicomedia, a martyr honored since the fourth century, whose feast still fixes a name-day for this family of names.
On a Polish class register, Iuliana sits close to the more common Julia. Short sentences suit it. The spelling with the opening "i" keeps the Latin shape visible, the shape that means belonging to Julius.
How many people are named Iuliana
1 in 177510 women in Poland is named Iuliana. 127 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2960 among female names.
Iuliana's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Iuliana as a middle name
Iuliana is a first name for 127 women in Poland and a middle name for another 7, a 95/5 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2997th, between Irmak (7) and Jacoba (7).
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#2995 Iness7
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#2996 Irmak7
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#2997 Iuliana7
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#2998 Jacoba7
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#2999 Jaśmin7