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Julian m. Latin Julian 'belonging to Julius'.

The name of 2nd C Roman emperor, a 3rd-4th C French saint, two 4th C martyrs, a 4th C Roman emperor, a 6th C partriarch of Antioch, and a 7th C Spanish saint.

England
English
● 1558–9 Julian StMary-Ke p. 2
France
Latin
● 1258 Julianus (nom) ArrestReg-volI XXIX, Candlemas; 1260 Juliani (gen) ibid. XVI, St. Martin, Juliano (abl) ibid. XIV, St. Martin, Julianum (acc) ibid. XV, St. Martin, Julianus (nom) ibid. VI, Candlemas; 1273 Iuliano (abl) RegToul-13thC p. 39; 1378 Juliano (dat) hanquetvol1 951
Old French
● 1313 Julian Paris1313 p. 96, Julien ibid. p. 20
Middle French
● 1392 Julien MemBret-II col. 601; 1418 Julien HGParis p. 389; 1423 Julien favier 416; 1438 Julien ibid. 180
Italy
Latin
● 1326 Zuliani (gen) Friuli-14thC no. 439; 1527 Juliani (gen) Rome1527 p. 83, Julianus (nom) ibid. p. 84
Spain
Latin
● 1490 Juliani (gen) carbonell p. 43
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