Juliana

Juliana is the feminine Latin form of Julianus, from the Roman gens Julia — Julius Caesar's clan, whose name may descend from Jovis, the god Jupiter. Saint Juliana of Nicomedia was martyred in the early fourth century; Juliana of Norwich wrote visionary theology from her anchoress cell in the fourteenth. Queen Juliana ruled the Netherlands for thirty-two years. In the U.S. the name has hovered in the top 300 since the early 2000s, carried along by the broader revival of long, flowing Latinate girl names. Four syllables with a gentle Italian cadence — joo-lee-AH-na. Regal, lived-in, and quietly learned.