Juliette
Meaning of Juliette
Juliette—joo-lee-ET in English, or the more café-chic zhoo-LYEHT in French—springs from the Latin root “Julius,” meaning “youthful,” and what a sprightly spirit she is! Picture a sari-swirled Juliet on a Parisian balcony: that’s the mash-up of romance and masala this name serves up. From Shakespeare’s star-crossed heroine to Oscar-winning French actress Juliette Binoche, she’s forever the leading lady, sashaying through centuries with rose-petal confidence. In the U.S., her popularity has blossomed faster than a Delhi bougainvillea—zooming from the outer ranks in the ’90s to a sparkling #128 in 2024—proof that parents are falling head-over-heels for her lilting syllables and old-world charm. Whether whispered in a Rajasthani courtyard or shouted across a Paris metro, Juliette wears a timeless garland of youth, passion, and a dash of storybook drama.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as joo-lee-ET (/ˈdʒu.li.ˈɛt/)
French
- Pronunced as zhoo-LYEHT (/ʒy.ljɛt/)
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Notable People Named Juliette
| Juliette Binoche is a celebrated French actress with more than 60 French and English films and major awards including an Academy Award a BAFTA and a Cesar. |
| Juliette Lake Lewis is an American actress, singer, and musician known for offbeat roles in dark films who rose to prominence in early 1990s indie and arthouse cinema and earned nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and two Primetime Emmys. |
| Juliette Gordon Low, an American inspired by Robert Baden Powell, founded the Girl Scouts of the USA after joining the Girl Guides in England and forming a group there in 1911. |
| Juliette Hampton Morgan was a Montgomery, Alabama librarian and early civil rights ally who condemned racism in letters to the local paper, suffered violent retaliation, and ultimately died by suicide. |
| Juliette MacIver, a New Zealand author of picture books for children, won the 2017 New Zealand Book Awards picture book prize for Thats Not a Hippopotamus and lives near Wellington with her four children. |
| Juliette Drouet was a French actress who left the stage to become the devoted companion and secretary of Victor Hugo, accompanying him into exile in the Channel Islands and writing him thousands of letters. |
| Juliette Simon-Girard - Juliette Josephine Simon Girard was a French soprano best known for operetta and the daughter of Comedie Francaise actor Philippe Lockroy and Opera Comique performer Caroline Girard. |
| Juliette Passer - Juliette M. Passer is an American attorney and writer who also serves as music director at ES Records and founded Panamanagement Corporation. |
| Juliette Anne Haigh is a retired professional rower also known as Juliette Drysdale. |
| Juliette Wood is a British historian and Cardiff University lecturer specializing in Celtic and medieval history, magic, and folklore, a former Folklore Society director, and an Honorary Fellow of Amgueddfa Cymru Museum Wales. |
| Juliette Reilly is an American singer songwriter and YouTube creator. |
| Juliette Fretté - American comedian, writer, artist, activist, and model Juliette Rose Fretté, known as the Naughty Feminist, began in 2017 writing for National Lampoon and Weekly Humorist with her spoof series The Adventures of Angry Vagina. |
| Juliette Armanet is a French singer and songwriter. |
| Juliette Favez-Boutonnier - Juliet Favez-Boutonnier was a noted French academic, psychologist, and psychoanalyst. |
| Juliette Ramel is a Swedish Olympic dressage rider who placed 28th individually and fifth with the team at Rio 2016, then won European team bronze in 2019 with her sister Antonia. |
