Jullien History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
France

The surname Jullien is a name that came from the southern region known as Languedoc. The Latin personal name Julianus, whose origins are obscure, but which probably comes from the Greek word "ioulos" which means "soft-haired, downy, and youthful."

Early Origins of the Jullien family

The surname Jullien was first found in Languedoc, where this noble family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Jullien family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Jullien research. Another 373 words (27 lines of text) covering the years 1019, 1257, 1266, 1288, 1366, 1400, 1443, 1469, 1622, 1640, 1651, 1700 and 1703 are included under the topic Early Jullien History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Jullien Spelling Variations

Changes of spelling have occurred in most surnames. The earliest explanation is that during the early development of the French language, names were not yet fixed in spelling. Usually a person gave his version of his name, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. This depended on accent, and local accents frequently changed the spelling of a name. Some variables were adopted by different branches of the family name. Hence, there are some spelling variations of the name Jullien, including Julien, Juliens, Jullien, Juliene, Julliene, Julian, Juliane, Jullian, Julliane, Julienne, Jullienne, Juliens, Julliens, Julienes, Jullienes, Julianes, Jullianes, Julianne, Jullianne, le Julien, de Julien, le Jullien, Joulian, Joulien, Jouliens, Joulianne, Joullien, Joulliens, Joullian, Joulliane, Joulyen, Joulyens, Joullyen, Joullyens, Joulyenne, Joulyennes, Julyen, Julyens, Julyenne, Jylyennes, Jullyen and many more.

Early Notables of the Jullien family

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Jullien Ranking

In France, the name Jullien is the 608^th most popular surname with an estimated 7,755 people with that name. 1

Jullien migration to the United States +

In 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec. Migration was slow. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the French Acadian presence in the Maritimes had reached 500. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The family name Jullien has made many distinguished contributions in France and New France to the world of science, culture, religion, and education. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Jullien were

Jullien Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Jean Jullien, who landed in Louisiana in 1719 2

Jullien migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Jullien Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Silvestre Jullien, who arrived in Montreal in 1653

Contemporary Notables of the name Jullien (post 1700) +

Cyrus S. Jullien, American politician, Candidate for New York State Assembly 26th District, 1965; Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 8th District, 1966 3
Louis Joseph Victor Jullien de Bidon, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 4
Major-General Léon Jullien (1880-1962), French Commanding Officer Saper & Telegraph Brigade (1936-1938) 5
Pierre Jullien, Doctor, Paris
Jean-Louis Jullien, Cardiologist, Paris
Catherine Jullien, Psychiatrist, Paris

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 28) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, March 13) Louis Jullien. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 5) Léon Jullien. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Jullien/L%C3%A9on/France.html