Juliet: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced joo-lee-ET · 3 syllables

Juliet means “youthful”, from Latin and English.

Borrowed from Italian Giulietta, diminutive of Giulia, from Latin Iulia, feminine of Iulius, a Roman family name. Cognate with French Juliette.

How popular is Juliet?

Juliet was the #274 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,136 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2010.

Babies named Juliet in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2010).

Half of US adults named Juliet are older than 37; most are between 18 and 73. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Juliet have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Juliet means “youthful”. It comes from Latin and English.

Juliet is pronounced joo-lee-ET.

Juliet was the #274 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,136 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2010.

Half of US adults named Juliet are older than 37. Most are between 18 and 73.