Juliana is not in the Bible, but Julia is — greeted by name in the last chapter of Romans. And the woman who made Juliana matter in English wrote the first book in the language known to be by a woman. What the name means Juliana is the feminine of Julianus, itself from Julius — the Roman family name of the gens Julia, the clan of Julius Caesar. Like most Roman names it says which household a person belonged to…

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