julie
/ˈd͡ʒuːli/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from French Julie, popular in the latter half of the 20th century, equivalent to English Julia.
name
A diminutive of the female given name Julia.
Example Sentences
- "The first-born Child had every dawning Grace / And promis'd Beauty in her form and face. / "We'll call her Julie if you please, my dear," / The Mother cry'd, "I doat on Julie Vere." / "What! no Remembrance of her Aunt! for Shame! / You doat indeed! be Barbara her name!""
- ""I loathe the name of Julia. Julie, in the French way, is quite pretty, but Julia! - " "Call her Cousin Julie then; I've no doubt she'll prefer it. She's nothing if not progressive, I believe.""
- "They were called Jim & Julie, professionally. It seemed such a waste to deal in fantasy, in illusion and pretend, and not christen one's endeavor more suggestively. Kate wondered if their real names were Letitia and Sylvester, or Cleopatra and Mandrake; perhaps they'd gone undercover with white-bread names in quest of posh children's parties and Yankee suitability."
- "But Republicans and Porter's Democratic primary opponents have seized on an interview from last month that widely surfaced the week of Oct. 6 in which she reprimands CBS News California journalist Julie Watts multiple times."