Juliana
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin, Latin feminine form of Julianus, derivative of Julius. From Middle English Juliana, from Latin Iūliāna.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Juliana (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Juliana has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 9 |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2011 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2014 | 9 |
| 2015 | 5 |
| 2016 | 7 |
| 2017 | 8 |
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 11 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 253 |
| 2000 | 265 |
| 2001 | 278 |
| 2002 | 293 |
| 2003 | 293 |
| 2004 | 303 |
| 2005 | 313 |
| 2006 | 325 |
| 2007 | 340 |
| 2008 | 352 |
| 2009 | 363 |
| 2010 | 375 |
| 2011 | 373 |
| 2012 | 385 |
| 2013 | 402 |
| 2014 | 411 |
| 2015 | 435 |
| 2016 | 443 |
| 2017 | 461 |
| 2018 | 490 |
| 2019 | 504 |
| 2020 | 519 |
Juliana in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Juliana.Hi! My name is Juliana.
- Juliana bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Juliana lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Juliana har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Juliana has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Julianas mamma är lärare.Juliana's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Julianas mamma is Juliana's mum.
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How do you pronounce Juliana in Swedish?
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What does the name Juliana mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin, Latin feminine form of Julianus, derivative of Julius. From Middle English Juliana, from Latin Iūliāna.
How popular is Juliana in Sweden?
11 babies were named Juliana in 2022. In 2020, 519 people in Sweden had Juliana as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2022 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.