Jules

Where Jules comes from

From French. Doublet of Julius.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jules
  • French
  • 1 syllable
Jules through the years
  1. 1798
    Jules Michelet born
    French historian; popularized the historical concept of the Renaissance
  2. 1828
    Jules Verne born
    French writer
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #442 among boys, with 16 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1893
    Peak, #401
    20 babies named Jules, its best rank.
  5. 2019
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from French.
  • A unisex given name
  • A diminutive of the male given names Julian and Julius
  • A diminutive of the female given names Julia, Julie, Juliann, and Julianne
Namesakes
  • Jules Verne · French writer, 1828–1905
  • Jules Michelet · French historian; popularized the historical concept of the Renaissance, 1798–1874
  • Jules Renard · French author, 1864–1910
  • Jules Bordet · Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, 1870–1961
  • Jules Massenet · French composer, 1842–1912

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.