Jules
| Pronunciation | French: [ʒyl] English: /dʒuːlz/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Unisex (as an anglophone name) Male (as a francophone name) |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | 1. Greek 2. Latin |
| Meaning | 1. "devoted to Jove" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Julia, Julian, Julie, Julien, Julio, Julius, Jolyon |
Jules is the French form of the Latin "Julius" (e.g. Jules César, the French name for Julius Caesar).
In the anglosphere, it is also used for females although it is still a predominantly masculine name.One of the few notable examples of a female fictional character with the name is Jules Lee from the American TV series Orphan Black: Echoes.
It is the given name of:
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People with the name
- Jules Aarons (1921–2008), American space physicist and photographer
- Jules Abadie (1876–1953), French politician and surgeon
- Jules Accorsi (born 1937), French football player and manager
- Jules Adenis (1823–1900), French playwright and opera librettist
- Jules Adler (1865–1952), French painter
- Jules Asner (born 1968), American television personality
- Jules Aimé Battandier (1848–1922), French botanist
- Jules Bernard (born 2000), American basketball player
- Jules Bianchi (1989–2015), French Formula One driver
- Jules Breton (1827–1906), French Realist painter
- Jules-André Brillant (1888–1973), Canadian entrepreneur
- Jules Brunard (1837–1910), French politician
- Jules Brunet (1838–1911), French Army general
- Jules Charles-Roux (1841–1918), French businessman and politician
- Jules Dewaquez (1899–1971), French footballer
- Jules Marie Alphonse Jacques de Dixmude (1858–1928), Belgian Army general
- Jules Armand Dufaure (1798–1881), French statesman
- Jules Engel, American filmmaker, painter, sculptor, graphic artist, set designer, animator, film director and teacher
- Jules Feiffer (1929–2025), American cartoonist
- Jules Gervais-Courtellemont (1863–1931), French war photographer from World War I
- Jules Greenbaum (1867-1924), German film producer
- Jules Jordan (1850-1927), American composer, operatic tenor, vocal instructor and conductor
- Jules Jordan (born 1972), American pornographic actor, director and producer
- Jules "Skip" Kendall (born 1964), American professional golfer
- Jules Gilmer Korner Jr. (1888–1967), judge of the United States Board of Tax Appeals
- Jules G. Körner III (1922–2000), judge of the United States Tax Court
- Jules Lefèvre (1863–1944), French biochemist and writer
- Jules Maenen (1932–2007), Dutch road bicycle and track cyclist
- Jules Massenet (1842–1912), French composer
- Jules Michelet (1798–1874), French historian
- Jules Monge (1855–1934), French painter
- Jules Auguste Muraire (1883-1946), French Actor
- Jules Achille Noël (1815–1881), French landscape and maritime painter
- Jules Pastré (1809–1899), French banker, businessman and equestrian active in Egypt.
- Jules Rimet (1878–1956), French football administrator and former FIFA president
- Jules Shear (1952 - current), American singer, songwriter & guitarist
- Jules Védrines (1881–1919), French aviator
- Jules Verne (1828–1905), French author
- Jules White (1900 - 1985), American film director and producer
- Jules Wright (1948-2015), Australian-English theatre director
- Jules Wright (politician) (1933-2022), American politician and businessman
Fictional characters
- Jules, one of the main character of the television series Orphan Black: Echoes
- Jules Cobb, the main character of the US television series Cougar Town
- Jules Maigret, a fictional French police detective, created by writer Georges Simenon.
- Jules Winnfield, a fictional character in the film Pulp Fiction
- Jules Vaughn, one of the main characters in the US television series Euphoria
- Jules, a fictional character featured in the video game The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. In this case, the use of the name Jules is assigned to a young woman.
- Jules, a fictional artist from the musical Sunday in the Park with George
- Jules Hedgehog, fictional father of Sonic featured in Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics)
- Jules Tournier, the twelve-year-old twin brother of Julie, and one of the two titular characters of the 1990s animated show- The Twins of Destiny
- Jules, a fictional character in the graphic novel On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
- Jules Van Patten, a fictional character from the film St. Elmo's Fire
- Jules Verne Durand, a linguist aboard the Daban Urnud in Anathem by Neal Stephenson
- Jules Brown, elder son of Emmett Brown in the Back to the Future franchise
Other
- Jules (film) is a 2023 feature film starring Ben Kingsley and Jane Curtin.