Jule

Where Jule comes from

The dictionaries list Jule as a given name — a male given name, sometimes short for Julius — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1886
    First appearance
    #1,108 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1891
    Peak, #796
    12 babies named Jule — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1893
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1999
    Jule Niemeier born
    German tennis player
  5. 2002
    Jule Brand born
    German footballer
  6. 2024
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name, sometimes short for Julius.
Namesakes
  • Jule Brand · German footballer, born 2002
  • Jule Niemeier · German tennis player, born 1999
  • Jule Gregory Charney · US meteorologist, 1917–1981
  • Jule Hake · German sprint canoer, born 1999
  • Jule Böwe · German actress, born 1969

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.