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Hate this. It’s a cute nickname for a young girl named Julia but not as a complete name for a male child.
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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.
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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.
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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
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The French pronunciation is identical to the Polish word for hobo, so I'm not fond of it.
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I really like it. I slightly prefer it for a girl.
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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
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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.
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Yeah, the only Jules (joolz) I have met was a woman.
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I prefer Julia
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I only like as a nn
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I love it on a boy. It shimmers! So few male names do.
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It's nothing special. I like it better for a girl.
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