The origin of my name

The name Giulia comes from the latin word ‘Iulius’, which was the gentilitial name of an ancient and noble roman family, the ‘Gens Iulia’ which also the famous roman leader Giulio Cesare belonged to.

The name maybe originated by the ancient form Iovillios which means ‘Sacred to Jupiter’.

So, Giulia means ‘descending from Jupiter or devoted to Jupiter or dedicated to Jupiter’.

My name is sufficiently spread in more than 130.000 italian municipalities, mostly in Lombardia region, Lazio and Campania.

And about the origin of my family name?

The surname ‘Costa’ could come from some place names such as ‘Costa calcinara’, ‘Costa d’Arcevia’, or from the ancient name Costans (which means ‘to stand still’), or even by the latin term ‘costa’ which means ‘side’, ‘rib’.

The family name Costa is very spread all over Italy, but it outnumbers the other surnames in Geneva and Messina.