Opinions?

[hannahmoore]

Hi! My husband and I are thinking about "Jules" for our little boy, as in Jules Feiffer (illustrator) and Jules Verne (writer), both male. I know this name is gaining some popularity for girls...any opinions on it being used for a boy?
Thanks!

I quite like it.

My DS is Julian and we call him Jules for short and have never had anyone tell us it’s too girly

No offence WickerHippo but only an absolute dick would actually tell you that, even if they thought it!

Since you asked for opinions, OP, I'll give you mine. I don't like it. I assume it's a shortened version of Julie.

I do like it, for either a boy or a girl. It's as much a boys' name as it is a girls' in my experience and I wouldn't automatically assume either sex if I heard it called out in the park but wait to see who came running.

nice

I would assume it was a girl, not keen! sorry

I like it. It makes me think of the late F1 driver Jules Bianchi, and so I would assume male. I may also assume the French pronunciation though, I'm not sure.

For Julian it's fine but wouldn't use on its own. I see Jules as more of a girls nickname though

Perfectly nice and middle class!

I’d prefer Julian with Jules as a nn if he wants.

All the Jules I know are female. In France it’s different as Jules is an established male name.

Are you pronouncing it the English or French way? If French then fine, if English I would go Julian nn Jules

I like it

Gorgeous xx

i see lots.of kids in my job and have seen a fair few Jules . all boys. would never consider it to be a female name at all.
it's a great name. nice and short. easy to spell.

I had a boyfriend (back in the 80s) called Jules (Julius). He was very cool. 😊

Love it!

The one I know is French and very very sexy!