Jools
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JOOLZ
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Jools is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Jools mean?
Latin: pet form of Julian or Jules
A British pet form of Julian, made familiar by the pianist and broadcaster Jools Holland, born Julian.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Jools a girl's or a boy's name?
Jools is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jools in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Jools, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jools in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 36 boys in the UK were given Jools or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #836, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Jules 33
- Jools 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Jools in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
Names like Jools
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marcus, Crue, Perez, Sol, Luis, Iago, Cruz, Jago, Pablo, James, Mark, Juan
Other spellings of Jools
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jools: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jools, updated 20 October 2026.