[Opinions] Jules wdyt? nt
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It's nothing special. I like it better for a girl.
I love it on a boy. It shimmers! So few male names do.
I only like as a nn
I prefer Julia
I usually hear people talking about Jules Verne in English using the English joolz pronunciation instead of the French zhool. Which complicates the whole question. Joolz is a nn for Julia, Juliet etc and, except for monsieur Verne, uniformly feminine. I've never heard it used as a nn for Julius or Julian.
Yeah, the only Jules (joolz) I have met was a woman.
It's not my favorite Jul- name but it's pretty good.
I usually hear it as a full name, not a nickname. Similar vibe to James but a little more posh.
Jules itself is all boy to me, but I can see it on a girl if it's a nickname. In real life I've only seen Jul- girls go by Julie or by their full name. I've only seen Jules as a nickname for a girl once, and that was a TV character. As a nickname it sounds very familiar, like only close friends and relatives would use it.
I usually hear it as a full name, not a nickname. Similar vibe to James but a little more posh.
Jules itself is all boy to me, but I can see it on a girl if it's a nickname. In real life I've only seen Jul- girls go by Julie or by their full name. I've only seen Jules as a nickname for a girl once, and that was a TV character. As a nickname it sounds very familiar, like only close friends and relatives would use it.
This message was edited 11/12/2023, 1:47 PM
I really like it. I slightly prefer it for a girl.
The French pronunciation is identical to the Polish word for hobo, so I'm not fond of it.
What’s the Polish word?
Żul
Nicknamey, puppyish, abrasively cutesy.
reminds me of "jewels" like as in "family jewels"
Also - Juuls.
I don't like Miles or James, either - the sounds of these names just grates on me for some reason.
the -s ending as a nickname ending seems synthetic, like calling a William "Wills" or a Katherine "Katz."
Feels similar to me, as when someone calls someone a nickname with -ster. Hey it's the Jule-ster!
As a French guyname - I guess it's somewhat fashionable in France, but I've never heard anyone pronounce it as a French name where I live. So to me it's only a hypothetical, and it seems dated to me because I've only ever heard of Jules Verne.
reminds me of "jewels" like as in "family jewels"
Also - Juuls.
I don't like Miles or James, either - the sounds of these names just grates on me for some reason.
the -s ending as a nickname ending seems synthetic, like calling a William "Wills" or a Katherine "Katz."
Feels similar to me, as when someone calls someone a nickname with -ster. Hey it's the Jule-ster!
As a French guyname - I guess it's somewhat fashionable in France, but I've never heard anyone pronounce it as a French name where I live. So to me it's only a hypothetical, and it seems dated to me because I've only ever heard of Jules Verne.
I know a guy named Jonah and I've heard his mom call him Jones, Jonesy, and Joneser... but not Jonester lol.
I see what you mean about the "s" ending but I think of it as more prim than synthetic? Or maybe I'm just doing that American thing where I think it sounds British and assume it sounds posh just because I picture it in a British accent lol. Katz and Bex seem 'normal' but I'd imagine that William "Wills" got that nickname playing cricket at an expensive school or something.
I don't like Miles either but I like James and Jules well enough.
I see what you mean about the "s" ending but I think of it as more prim than synthetic? Or maybe I'm just doing that American thing where I think it sounds British and assume it sounds posh just because I picture it in a British accent lol. Katz and Bex seem 'normal' but I'd imagine that William "Wills" got that nickname playing cricket at an expensive school or something.
I don't like Miles either but I like James and Jules well enough.
With Wills specifically, there's an example from Buffy (tv) - Willow gets called "Wills" sometimes while Buffy is "Buffster" but I've never heard anyone make up s/z or *ster nicknames like that IRL, apart from Jules itself (and I'm unsure if it was a NN or not).
With this as a general category, I think more of German/Dutch/Scandinavian NNs like Mads, Hans, Fritz (and other names Lars, Jens, Frans, Niels); Katz even reminds me of Schatz...although many one syllable names in the US that end in S are English surnames: Banks, Brooks, Giles, Wells...
I guess Jules is kind of like Charles in that the French version probably came before English(?), and the S would be silent. So that could make it seems a bit awkward/off maybe.
With this as a general category, I think more of German/Dutch/Scandinavian NNs like Mads, Hans, Fritz (and other names Lars, Jens, Frans, Niels); Katz even reminds me of Schatz...although many one syllable names in the US that end in S are English surnames: Banks, Brooks, Giles, Wells...
I guess Jules is kind of like Charles in that the French version probably came before English(?), and the S would be silent. So that could make it seems a bit awkward/off maybe.
This message was edited 11/15/2023, 10:01 PM
Hate this. It’s a cute nickname for a young girl named Julia but not as a complete name for a male child.