Meaning & Origin
A female given name from Russian, equivalent to English Julia.
Yulia is a girl's baby name of Latin origin, the Russian form of Julia, from the Latin Julius, derived from the Roman family name possibly related to Ioulos (downy-bearded) or from the god Jove, meaning 'youthful' or 'descended from Jove.'
Yulia is the specifically Russian and Ukrainian form of Julia — it carries all the classical Roman heritage of that ancient family name in a distinctly Slavic package. It's widely used across Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. As Julia has been consistently one of the most popular girls' names in the world, Yulia offers the same beautiful meaning with an Eastern European character that immediately signals Slavic cultural heritage.