Julia Agrippina is also mentioned under following names:
* Vipsania Julia (Agrippina);
* Iulilla;
* Julia, Augustus' granddaughter
* Julia (Caesaris) minor.
She was not
Julia Caesaris by birth: being the daughter of a Vipsanius Agrippa makes her a
Vipsania Agrippina by birth, although there are no contemporary sources that show that that name would have been used for her. She came to belong to the household of the
Julio-Claudian dynasty as she was raised and instructed by her maternal grandfather Augustus. Further Augustus adopted
Tiberius as his son (and heir), and while Tiberius was remarried to Julia the Elder, Augustus sort of became
paternal grandfather to Julia the Elder's children too, including Julia the Younger. A
formal adoption "in the
family of the Caesars" among the offspring of M. Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder is however only recorded regarding Vipsania Julia's brothers Gaius — hence
Gaius Caesar — and Lucius — hence
Lucius Caesar. Her youngest sister (
Agrippina the elder) and brother (
Agrippa Postumus) are usually called after their natural father. Likewise, her eldest half-sisters (
Vipsania Agrippina and
Vipsania Marcella) were named after their father Vipsanius (Agrippa). Her youngest half-brother, unnamed in contemporary sources, was later sometimes dubbed Tiberillus, after his father Tiberius.
Note that also the youngest of the two
sisters of Julius Caesar is sometimes named Julia (Caesaris) minor by historians.