Comments (Meaning / History Only)
Maybe it comes from Latin Jovilius "devoted to (God) Jove".
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ἴουλος, in ancient Greek, has several more meanings than "downy-bearded."
It means "corn sheaf," and is the title of a song honoring Demeter.
It also means "catkin," which are fuzzy flowering structures of willow, hazel, and hornbeam trees.
Source: http://perseus.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.35:3:199.LSJ
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It means "corn sheaf," and is the title of a song honoring Demeter.
It also means "catkin," which are fuzzy flowering structures of willow, hazel, and hornbeam trees.
Source: http://perseus.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.35:3:199.LSJ
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If I understand Latin suffixes correctly, |-ius| makes its meaning "SON OF |Julus| Downy [-bearded], *"not just "Downy[-bearded]" alone.
*"Downy-bearded" is like our idiom "peach fuzz." Often translated as "youthful," "baby-faced" is closer to its original intent. Since women don't have beards, this root is patently masculine. Feminine suffixes show a relationship to a male JULUS (JULia) or his descendants, such as JULIUS (JULIana), as do masculine suffixes (JULius, JULIan[us]).
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*"Downy-bearded" is like our idiom "peach fuzz." Often translated as "youthful," "baby-faced" is closer to its original intent. Since women don't have beards, this root is patently masculine. Feminine suffixes show a relationship to a male JULUS (JULia) or his descendants, such as JULIUS (JULIana), as do masculine suffixes (JULius, JULIan[us]).
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The name Julius can also be an Egyptian name, it may be after the Pharaoh Julius Carbug. He lived for 55 years and he was related to cleopatra.
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