# Why is the name of the language "Julia"?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-the-name-of-the-language-julia/4382>\
**Category:** Community\
**Created:** [June 21, 2017, 5:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-the-name-of-the-language-julia/4382 "2017-06-21T05:51:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![adienes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/adienes/32/37459_2.png) [@adienes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/adienes)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-the-name-of-the-language-julia/4382/23 "2023-01-10T21:40:59Z")

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I bet you it’s stolen from the story of the name behind the Apple Lisa, which may or may not (this is surprisingly controversial) be named after Steve Job’s daughter, Lisa.

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**Author:** ![Marcell\_Havlik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/marcell_havlik/32/37424_2.png) [@Marcell\_Havlik](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Marcell_Havlik)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 9:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-the-name-of-the-language-julia/4382/24 "2023-01-11T09:14:29Z")

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This is sad. How could it made up a fake news. Damn! 😃 I was totally surprised by its answer! I also googled it and didn’t find the source. I was like, maybe it found some 10 years old article where it was written. 😃

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**Author:** ![Palli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/palli/32/3380_2.png) [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-the-name-of-the-language-julia/4382/25 "2023-01-11T15:29:05Z")

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