Meaning: Its source is a Latin expression meaning "Jove's descendant."

Languages: This girl's name is used in German, Dutch, English, Italian, French, Spanish, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish.

Nicknames: Jule, Liana and Juul

Alternative Spellings: Julianna, Jullianna, Yuliana and Yulianna

Non-English Forms: Julianja

Popularity: The name Juliana ranked 180th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 844th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

Narrative: Some authorities prefer the meaning ''downy beard.'' However, this might have been understood as an attribute of Jove, the chief of the Greco-Roman gods.

The original form evolved into Julius, the Latin name of a Roman clan whose most famous member was the military and political leader Julius Caesar.