Joul
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Alternative form of jowl (in the phrase cheek by jowl)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dʒuɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Joul is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Syria than in any other country.
- SYSyria≈1 in 170K(inferred from the name graph)
- ILIsrael≈1 in 593K
- SESweden1 in 785K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Syria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 41 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 170K (inferred from the name graph)
≈110 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Syria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Alternative form of jowl (in the phrase cheek by jowl)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Joul counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY Syria | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 170K | — | Joul | 4 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | ≈86 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Joul | 2 |
| PH Philippines | ≈33 est. | ≈1 in 3.3M | — | Joul | 6 |
| US United States | ≈28 est. | ≈1 in 12M | — | Joul | 41 |
| PE Peru | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | — | Joul | 4 |
| IL Israel | ≈15 est. | ≈1 in 593K | — | Joul | 3 |
| SE Sweden | 13 | 1 in 785K | 13 | Joul | 4 |
| CH Switzerland | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 850K | — | Joul | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 13 | #30,958 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 12 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2018 | 12 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 11 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 11 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 10 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | — | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2014 | — | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2013 | — | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2012 | — | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2011 | — | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2010 | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Joul mean, and where does it come from?
- Alternative form of jowl (in the phrase cheek by jowl) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Joul?
- A machine transcription gives /dʒuɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Joul a male or female name?
- Joul is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Joul have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 114 people named Joul in Syria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled joul.
- How common is the name Joul?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 13 people named Joul, about 1 in 785 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Joul?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/joulThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Joul”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.