Find out how popular the first name Yuly has been for the last 28 years (from 1995 to 2022) and learn more about the meaning and history.

Popularity of Yuly by gender

Based on the last 28 years of data, Yuly is exclusively a female name.

For the most recent data in 2022, there were 6 female babies and 0 male babies born with the name Yuly.

The history of the first name Yuly

The name Yuly is a Slavic variation of the Latin name Julius, which traces its origins to the ancient Roman gens (clan) Julia. The gens Julia was a patrician family at the founding of the Roman Republic, and the name gained widespread prominence and imperial associations when the first Roman emperor, Gaius Julius Caesar, rose to power in the 1st century BC.

Julius is derived from the name of an ancestral Roman deity, Iovis (Jupiter), the supreme god of the Roman pantheon. Iovis evolved into the Latin word for "youthful," likely referring to the gens Julia's ties to the deity. Yuly, the Slavic form, emerged as a transliteration and adaptation of Julius into various Slavic languages like Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the name Yuly was Yuly Dolgoruky, a 12th-century Russian prince who founded the city of Moscow in 1147. Another notable figure was Yuly Tsesar, a 16th-century Russian diplomat and ambassador to England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

In the 17th century, Yuly Khitrovo was a Russian statesman and diplomat who served as an envoy to Sweden and Denmark. Yuly Soloviev, a 19th-century Russian philosopher and literary critic, was known for his influential works on the philosophy of history and the idea of Russian cultural identity.

A more recent historical figure was Yuly Khariton, a Soviet nuclear physicist who played a crucial role in the development of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb during World War II and the early years of the Cold War (1904-1996).

While the name Yuly is predominantly Slavic, there are also variations in other cultures and languages. For instance, the name Julio is a Spanish and Italian form of Julius, while Julien is a French variation. However, these are separate names with their own distinct histories and cultural associations.

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