Joule
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Joule by the numbers
Joule was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Joule
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Joule. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Juleyouthful; a form of Julian or Julius11 in the US (2017)
- Joules6 in the US (2017)
- Josiegod increases; diminutive of Josephine1,524 in the US (2017)
- Julieyouthful; a form of Julia599 in the US (2017)
- Joellegod is willing; feminine form of Joel455 in the US (2017)
- Joliepretty, cheerful437 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Joule
Names that are said the same way as Joule, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Joyellejoyful; a form of Joyce12 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Joule
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