THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Julián
Julián is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Julián Felipe, Julian Estrada. This snapshot links the name to 2 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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SpanishEtymology & source
a male given name, equivalent to English Julian
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People with the name Julián
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Julián Felipe
Filipino musician (1861-1944)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Julian Estrada
Filipino actor
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Julián Felipe, Julian Estrada
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Julián in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Julián
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Julian♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Julia♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Juliana♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Juliano·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Jillian♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Juan♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Julianne♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Julie♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Julián?
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Explore Julián further
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- Wikidata given-name item Q5850421 — Julián (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Julián Felipe (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q5850421 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Julian Estrada (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q5850421 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Julián (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.