Juliet or Julia?

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Looking for a classic name for James' little sister to be.
Comments welcome. I like these two and underused I think?

Juliet. If you hate jules I would avoid Julia. Julia is a bit meh for me personally. I have a few Julia friends in our early 30s.

I love Juliet. I have a James too and his middle name is Sebastian. I like classic names. They can shorten it is they like too.

I should say Juliet, but I prefer Julia. Which sounds better with the surname?
I dislike the nn Jules though, and I know lots of Julias so I wouldn't use either. Both are ok though.

Both are nice. But since you don't like Jules... The Julias I know (all adults) all get shortened by some people to Jules. One of them finds it very annoying, and is forever correcting people. Whereas the Juliets I know (also adults) get called Juliet.

I love Julia. I've known children called Julia before and it suited them.
Not so keen on Juliet but then I think I am biased as have negative connotations due to negative experience with a Juliet..

Julia is a family name I would love to have used except my niece got it before my daughter was born. It’s beautiful, traditional and grown-up. Like some pp, Juliet looks like a diminutive to me, but it is pretty. Go for the one you like best.

I'm early 30s and know a Julia and a Juliet my age (both from my year at Uni). Julia felt quite old fashioned at the time, unlike Juliet. However, Julia really suits her and I've never met another Julia.

I prefer Juliet (it's on my non-Welsh list) but Julia is nice too, it's a very pretty sound. It does feel a bit old fashioned, but actually in a ripe for revival way.

The Juliet I know, and a Juliette I know are just Juliet/Juliette, not Jools if that helps?

DH prefers Juliette spelling so that Ettie or Etta could be pet names. You could shorten Juliet that way too I think, and Jet could work as a pet name.

I would pick Julia as it has a lovely sound, is classic yet fairly unusual, and suits all ages.

Juliet is lovely but I can't help mentally adding 'Romeo and' in front whenever I think of it. Forever a teenage romantic heroine, it might not be a name that fits right. Plus as a pp pointed out, it means 'little Julia'.

Julia is gorgeous.

It will go with a pretty standard 2 syllable surname and either fit well.

I think Julia is lovely.

One of my best friends has a Lucia (pron. Looo-sia, ) and I love it. She gets called Lulu and Lou too.

Love them both and both on our list

They both work well with your sons name too, would you want to use a nickname? That's really the only thing I can think of that would sway it.. More nickname options with Juliet, if you hate nicknames then go with Julia

Both nice, prefer Juliet.

Lucia is lovely. My favourite pronunciation is the Italian one - Loo Chee Ah. Spanish is more like Loo See Ah.

I'm a Julia and I love my name. My parents picked it because it was hard to shorten but I still got called Julie and Jules.
As a caveat, I am 43 so middle aged but I never knew any Julia's growing up, plenty of Julie's though

Julia