Jules

Where Jules comes from

From French. Doublet of Julius.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jules
  • French
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  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 — 16 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1893
    Peak, #401
    20 babies named Jules — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2019
    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 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.