Last name origin & meaning: English (common in Devon and Cornwall), Spanish (Julián),
and German: from a personal name, Latin Iulianus, a derivative
of Iulius (see Julius), which was borne by a number of
early saints. In Middle English the name was borne in the same form by
women, whence the modern girl’s name Gillian. This name appears in the following lists:
Black History/Civil Rights Leaders,
Saints
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