Juliana

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Juliana (variants Julianna, Giuliana, Iuliana, Julijana, Yuliana, Uljana, Xuliana or Xhuliana, etc.; in English Jillian, Gillian) is a feminine given name. It is the feminine form of the Roman cognomen Julianus, which gave rise to the masculine given name Julian. Julian was the name of a number of early saints, notably Saint Julian the Hospitaller, which went to ensure the name's continued popularity in the medieval period.

People with the given name Juliana

Medieval

• Juliana of Paul and Juliana (died 270), Christian martyr during the Aurelian persecution
• St. Juliana of Nicomedia (died 304), Christian martyr during the Diocletian persecution in 304
• St. Juliana of Liège (1193–1252), nun and visionary from Retinnes in Fléron in the Bishopric of Liège, now in Belgium
• St. Juliana Falconieri (1270–1341), Italian foundress of the Servite Third Order
• Julian of Norwich (1342–1416), one of the greatest English mystics
• Juliana Holszanska (1375–1448), third wife of Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania
• Sts. Juliana and Semproniana are martyrs associated with the legend of Saint Cucuphas
• Uliana of Tver (c. 1320–1392), daughter of Grand Prince Alexander of Tver who became a nun under the name Marina

Early modern

• Juliana of Stolberg (1506–1580), German noble, mother of William the Silent
• Juliana of Lazarevo (1530–1604), saint of the Orthodox Church
• Juliana of Hesse-Eschwege (1652–1693), German noble
• Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1729–1796), queen of Denmark between 1752 and 1766
• Henrika Juliana von Liewen (1709–1779), Swedish noble, socialite and lady-in-waiting
• Juliana Morell (1594-1653), the first female doctor i Law

Modern

• Juliana of the Netherlands (1909–2004), queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Yuliana Fedak (born 1983), Ukrainian tennis player
• Juliana Alves (born 1982), Brazilian actress
• Juliana Baroni (born 1978), Brazilian actress
• Juliana Carneiro da Cunha (born 1949), Brazilian actress and ballet dancer
• Juliana Didone (born 1984), Brazilian actress
• Juliana Felisberta (born 1983), Brazilian beach volleyball player
• Juliana Furtado (born 1967), American mountain biker
• Juliana Hatfield (born 1967), actress and guitarist/songwriter
• Juliana Lohmann (born 1989), Brazilian actress
• Juliana Kanyomozi (born 1981), Ugandan RnB musician
• Juliana Knust (born 1981), Brazilian actress
• Juliana Paes (born 1979), Brazilian actress
• Juliana Paiva (born 1993), Brazilian actress
• Juliana Schalch (born 1985), Brazilian actress
• Juliana Veloso (born 1980), Brazilian diver
• Julianna Margulies (born 1966), American actress
• Julianna Rose Mauriello (born 1991), American actress
• Julianna Young (born 1960), American nude model
• Julianna McCarthy (born 1929), American actress
• Julianna Cox, fictional chief medical examiner in the TV show Homicide: Life on the Street
• Julianna Smoot, professional fundraiser for the Democratic Party
• Julianna Guill (born 1987), American actress
• Julianna Naoupu (born 1990), New Zealand netball player
• Julianna Tudja (born 1979), Hungarian hammer thrower
• Iuliana Hobincu (born 1954), Romanian handball player

Other

• Lady Juliana, a ship that in 1789 transported convicts from Britain to Australia
• Juliana Republic, a short-lived state in the Brazilian province of Santa Catarina from July 24, 1839 to November 15, 1839
• Juliana (poem), one of four signed poems ascribed to Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf
• Juliana, or The Princess of Poland, a play by John Crowne
• Lady Juliana, a fictional character in the 1998 cartoon movie Quest for Camelot
• Princess Juliana International Airport, an airport on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin