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I have a doubt about the correct way of writing my name in katakana. My name
is Giulio, it is an Italian name. When I started learning Japanese, my teacher
wrote it as ジュリオ. However, later I found a book in which my name was written
as ジューリオ. Searching the internet, I've found both instances, for example:

  1. ジュリオ:

    * [ジュリオ・アンドレオッティ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3), a politician
  2. ジューリオ:

    * [オルタ・サン・ジューリオ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA) a place whose name comes from that of a person, San Giulio (St. Julius)
    * [ジューリオ・アグリーコラ駅](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A9%E9%A7%85_\(%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E5%9C%B0%E4%B8%8B%E9%89%84\)) the name of an underground station of the Rome Metro (and "Giulio Agricola" is written in Italian, not Latin)

Looking [here](https://jisho.org/search/giulio), I see that ジュリオ is used more
often than ジューリオ. Personally, since I read it in a book, in a section
dedicated to the Italian names in katakana, I've always used ジューリオ.

What do you think about it?
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katakana names
The name ジューリオ: is it wrong to write it like this?
Based on my experience, my opinion is that you can choose how to write it.

Similarly to you, my name can be written in katakana either with or without
the long vowel (ー). And I can also find precedents where my name has been
translated both with and without it. Personally, I like the way it sounds
better without the long vowel so I just use that one. I've used that spelling
for years with no problems. Since there are precedents for both ways of
spelling your name I think neither one is incorrect. (Just make sure that you
pick only one of them and use it for all official paperwork. You don't want to
be in a position where you have a different name on your visa then on your
bank account/employment contract/etc.)

Keep in mind that this is not the case for katakana words that aren't your
name. For example ビル (building) and ビール (beer) are very different depending on
whether you stretch out the ビ. All (or almost all) katakana place names (like
アメリカ or シカゴ) have one correct way of spelling them. And if someone already has
their katakana name spelled in a certain way (e.g. for Giulio Andreotti it is
spelled ジュリオ) then it would be incorrect to spell it differently when
referring to that person.
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