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 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 Allen (disambiguation), multiple people
Jules Angst (1926–2026), Swiss psychiatrist and academic
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 artist
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 Constantinople (born 2003), American ice hockey player
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, and animator
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 (composer) (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 golfer
Jules Gilmer Korner Jr. (1888–1967), American judge
Jules G. Körner III (1922–2000), American judge
Jules Koundé (born 1998), French footballer
Jules LaDuron (1893–1980), American physician
Jules Lefèvre (1863–1944), French biochemist and writer
Jules Maenen (1932–2007), Dutch cyclist
Jules Massenet (1842–1912), French composer
Jules Michelet (1798–1874), French historian
Jules Monge (1855–1934), French painter
Jules Munshin (1915–1970), American actor, comedian and singer
Jules Auguste Muraire (1883–1946), French actor
Jules Achille Noël (1815–1881), French artist
Jules Pastré (1809–1899), French banker, businessman and equestrian active in Egypt
Jules Prown (born 1930), American art historian
Jules Rimet (1878–1956), French football administrator and FIFA president
Jules Segers (born 2002), French para-alpine skier
Jules Shear (born 1952), American singer, songwriter and guitarist
Jules Védrines (1881–1919), French aviator
Jules Verne (1828–1905), French author
Jules Walter (1929–2025), Antiguan actor
Jules White (1900–1985), American film director and producer
Jules Wright (theatre director) (1948-2015), Australian-English theatre director
Jules Wright (politician) (1933-2022), American politician and businessman
Jules Wuidart (1849–1932), British glass merchant
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, 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), a 2023 feature film starring Ben Kingsley and Jane Curtin.