Julie

Proper noun

Julie

1. A female given name from French Julie, popular in the latter half of the 20th century, equivalent to English Julia.
   • 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!"1813, George Crabbe, “Tracy”, in Adolphus William Ward, editor, Poems by George Crabbe, The University Press, published 1907, page 455
   • "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."1917, Grace Flandrau, Cousin Julia, D. Appleton and Company, page 3
2. (rare) A diminutive of the female given name Julia.