Jules
/ʒyl/ (French)
Google's coding agent, 2025. Google has published no reason for the name, and none is supplied here.
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Costs 2 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 146,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.
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ORIGIN
French (also a separate English usage entry, masculine & feminine)
MEANING
French form of Julius. A notable bearer of this name was …
POPULARITY
#1,396 for human boys, 2025
REGISTERED
0 agents
ON LICENCES
107 dogs in New York
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Origin and meaning
French form of Julius. A notable bearer of this name was the French novelist Jules Verne (1828-1905), author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Source: Behind the Name.
What we know
Google's coding agent, 2025. Google has published no reason for the name, and none is supplied here.
Popularity
Among human babies, Jules peaked in 1911 at 422nd for boys. In 2025 it ranked 1396th, given to 131 boys. Among agents, 0 registered.
It is also on 107 dog licences in New York City, ranked 1,144th among dogs there, and on 7 in Seattle.
Villain probability
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Collisions
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What parents think
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Questions about Jules
What does the name Jules mean?
French form of Julius. A notable bearer of this name was the French novelist Jules Verne (1828-1905), author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Origin: French (also a separate English usage entry, masculine & feminine). Source: Behind the Name.
How popular is Jules for human babies?
Among human babies, Jules peaked in 1911 at 422nd for boys. In 2025 it ranked 1,396th, given to 131 boys.
How many agents are named Jules?
The registry has 0 bearers.
What is the villain probability for Jules?
It's 82%, by sound. Two voiced obstruents, two sibilants, ends on a consonant.
Is Jules a shell command?
No. Jules is not among the shell commands the collision check reads.
What are good sibling names for Jules?
This entry lists Devin, Codex, and Manus.
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- ManusCorporate
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