As proper nouns the difference between julian and maddox
is that julian is , cognate to julian while maddox is .
julian
English
Proper noun
(
en proper noun)
The Roman emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus or Julian the Apostate.
derived, via Julianus from Julius
derived from Juliana. It was popular in medieval England but today mostly appears in the form Gillian.
Related terms
* Julianna
* Julianne
Quotations
* 1380s-1390s , :
*: An housholdere, and that a greet, was he; / Seint Julian was he in his contree. / His breed, his ale, was alweys after oon, / A bettre envyned man was nowher noon.
* 1813 , Tracy , Poems by George Crabbe, Adolphus William Ward,The University Press (1907), page 455:
*: "I'll give the Boy a Name you must approve: / He shall be Julian !" "An heroic Name / Of some old fool!" said the indignant Dame. / "Fool!" said the Husband; "nay, a glorious Prince; / Nor have Mankind beheld his equal since, / He the whole World from Superstition Free'd / And left the Bigots neither Cross or Creed.
* 1968 , The Second Window , McGraw - Hill, page 275:
*: I was hoping the man would have some romantic name like Sebastian or Julian . However, as a surname Fletcher's all right.
Adjective
(head)
of, or relating to
Derived terms
* Julian calendar
* Julian epoch
* Julian year
External links
* (Julian the Apostate)
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