Jules

French form of Latin Julius

"youthful; soft, downy"

Jules Origin and Meaning

The name Jules is a boy's name of French, Latin origin meaning "youthful; soft, downy".

Though Jules hasn't been on the US popularity list in fifty years, it is a current hit in its native France—where it's currently in the Top 10—and we can definitely see it making a comeback here, being far more romantic than, say, Jim.

The glittering Jules has a solid history, attached to such cultural notables as author Verne, opera composer Massenet, painter Olitski, and cartoonist Feiffer, as well as appearing as a character in such iconic films as Pulp Fiction and St. Elmo's Fire and in Balzac's novel The Human Comedy and Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.

These days, Jules is also apt to be heard as a nickname for the feminine Julia or Julie, as in TV personality Jules Asner, the Keira Knightley character in Bend it Like Beckham, and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's wife—spelled Jools.

Jules Rank in US Top 1000

# 994 in the US

Jules Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 323 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Jules

• 323 Nameberry 2025
• 621 Unique 2023
• 275 Unisex 2023
• 75 Canada 2023
• 969 England 2018
• 7 France 2023
• 183 Netherlands 2015
• 6 Belgium 2023
• 97 Switzerland 2023

20 Names Similar to Jules

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• Byron
• Conan
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• Jethro
• Jericho

Famous People Named Jules

• Jules Gabriel Verne French author
• Jules Olitski American painter
• Jules Ralph Feiffer American cartoonist
• Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet French composer
• Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville French explorer
• Jules Lucien André Bianchi French Formula One driver
• Jules Michelet French historian
• Jules Jordan American adult film director
• Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet French microbiologist; winner of the Nobel Prize
• Jules A. Hoffmann French biologist; winner of the Nobel Prize
• Jules Jeptha "Jep" Robertson American reality TV personality ("Duck Dynasty")
• Jules Augustus "Gus" Robertson adopted son of Jep and Jessica Robertson
• Jules Andrew Grey (b. 2015) son of American producer Brad Grey

The name Jules in Pop Culture

• Jules Amedée François Maigret detective created by Georges Simenon
• Jules birth name of "Star Trek: Deep Space 9" character Dr. Julian Bashir
• Jules Winnfield character in "Pulp Fiction"
• Julian "Jules" Wyatt main character in G. A. Henty's, Through Russian Snows
• Jules de St. Caux character in G. A. Henty's, In the Reign of Terror
• Julian "Jules" Blackthorn main character in Cassandra Clare's The Dark Artifices and The Mortal Instruments series
• "Jules and Jim " 1963 French film