Jules

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Jules is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name155K records spelled Jules17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Netherlands, Canada, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, Dutch, Western Frisian

  Also written Jueles, Juleś, Julés, Jüles, Jūlēs

• Spanish given name14K records spelled Jules7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Argentina, Peru

  Also written Jülēs, Jüles, Jülës, Julés, Julès

• Portuguese given name6.9K records spelled Jules2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Philippines, United Kingdom

  Also written Jülęs

87 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Jules is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• , now sometimes also Q French form of pJulius. It is a very common given name in France and is occasionally used in the Englishspeaking world, where it is also fairly common as an informal pet form of Julian and pJulie.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In French, from a personal name (Latin Julius). The name was home in the Middle Ages in honor of various minor Christian saints.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In French, patronymic or metronymic from a short form of Julian.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• From Latin pJulius (see main dictionary).

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In French, a male given name, equivalent to English Julius

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Julius IIb. 1443ITnot in their usual namepope of the Catholic Church from 1503 to 1513 (1443–1513)
• Julius IIIb. 1487ITnot in their usual namepope of the Catholic Church from 1550 to 1555
• Charles Lucien Bonaparteb. 1803FRnot in their usual nameFrench noble, biologist, politician and art collector (1803–1857)
• Théophile Gautierb. 1811FRnot in their usual nameFrench poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic (1811–1872)
• Jules Verneb. 1828FRFrench writer (1828–1905)
• Jules Ferryb. 1832FRFrench politician (1832-1893)
• Jules Bastien-Lepageb. 1848FRFrench painter (1848–1884)
• Jules Ernest Séraphin Valentin Rimetb. 1873FRfounder of association football institutions (1873–1956)
• Alfred Jules Ayerb. 1910GBEnglish philosopher
• Jules Albert Wijdenboschb. 1941SRSurinamese politician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 940 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Jules?

We estimate roughly 179 thousand people bear Jules (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Jules have the most bearers?

We estimate about 173 thousand people bear Jules in France, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled jules.

Where is Jules most common?

Jules is densest in France, where the national register counts about 1 in 392 people carrying it.

How common is Jules compared with other names?

In France, Jules is the 157th most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.

Is Jules a male or female name?

Jules is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Jules mean?

Recorded meaning: French form of Julius, from Latin Iulius, a Roman family name.