# Has anyone mentioned this as the theory for the Julia name? The Julia Beast

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/has-anyone-mentioned-this-as-the-theory-for-the-julia-name-the-julia-beast/118243
**Category:** Offtopic
**Created:** [August 16, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/has-anyone-mentioned-this-as-the-theory-for-the-julia-name-the-julia-beast/118243 "2024-08-16T00:31:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![xiaodai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/xiaodai/32/15937_2.png) [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/has-anyone-mentioned-this-as-the-theory-for-the-julia-name-the-julia-beast/118243/1 "2024-08-16T00:31:35Z")

</div>

See

[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/c/0/c0cc013f6d3e9601f700bf8947ab96c92cf6099c.jpeg "The Unexplained Mystery of Julia (Julia Beast)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JptsjLQeycI)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![StevenSiew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stevensiew/32/218393_2.png) [@StevenSiew](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StevenSiew)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2024, 2:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/has-anyone-mentioned-this-as-the-theory-for-the-julia-name-the-julia-beast/118243/2 "2024-08-16T02:00:18Z")

</div>

This post was temporarily hidden by the community for possibly being off-topic, unfocused, inappropriate, or spammy.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![nsajko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nsajko/32/221187_2.png) [@nsajko](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nsajko)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/has-anyone-mentioned-this-as-the-theory-for-the-julia-name-the-julia-beast/118243/3 "2024-08-16T15:33:11Z")

</div>

Source: [Acoustics Monitoring Program - Iceberg Grounding (Julia)](https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/acoustics/sounds/julia.html)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![rafael.guerra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rafael.guerra/32/216610_2.png) [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/has-anyone-mentioned-this-as-the-theory-for-the-julia-name-the-julia-beast/118243/4 "2024-08-16T15:38:14Z")

</div>

It makes sense that Julia is an iceberg, because I can barely see the tip.