Juliana is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “loan.” In 2024 it was given to 1,267 girls in the United States.
Juliana at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Spanish · Portuguese
Meaning
“loan”
About the name Juliana
Juliana belongs to the Spanish and Portuguese tradition. Its meaning — “loan” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Juliana first appears in Social Security records in 1881. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #146 in 2010, and in 2024 1,267 babies received the name — 66,534 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.