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| Pronunciation | French: [ʒyl] |
|---|---|
| Gender | masculine |
| 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). 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 (born 1929), 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 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 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 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.
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