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The girl's name Juliet \j(u)-

is pronounced joo-lee-ET. It is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "youthful; Jove's child". Diminutive of Julia. Literary: Shakespeare used the name twice, in "Romeo and Juliet" and in "Measure for Measure". Dancer Juliet Prowse; actresses Juliet Stevenson, Juliette Lewis.

Juliet has 8 variant forms: Giuletta, Juliaetta, Julieta, Juliett, Julietta, Juliette, Julyet and Julette.

For more information, see also related names Juliana and Giulia.

Baby names that sound like Juliet are Joliet, Julitta, Julita and Juliaeta.

Juliet is a very common first name for women (#933 out of 4276) and a slightly less common last name for both men and women (#56458 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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