Jul

See also: Appendix:Variations of "jul"

English

Proper noun

Jul

2. Abbreviation of July.

   Alternative forms: Jul., JUL

   Coordinate terms: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Aug, Sep/Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec

Translations

abbreviation of July

• Afrikaans: Jul. (af)
• Albanian: korr (sq)
• Armenian: հլս (hls)
• Azerbaijani: iyl
• Basque: uzt.
• Belarusian: ліп (lip)
• Bengali: জুল (jul)
• Burmese: ဇူ (ju)
• Catalan: jul. (ca)
• Czech: čvc
• Danish: jul.
• Dutch: jul (nl)
• Finnish: heinä (fi), heinäk.
• French: juil., juill. (fr)
• Galician: xul.
• Georgian: ივლ. (ivl.)
• German: Jul. (de)
• Greek: Ιούλ (Ioúl), Ιουλ (Ioul)
• Hindi: जुल॰ (jul.)
• Hungarian: júl. (hu)
• Icelandic: júl. (is)
• Indonesian: Jul
• Italian: lug., lug (it)
• Kazakh: шіл. (šil.)
• Kyrgyz: июн. (iyun.)
• Latvian: jūl.
• Lithuanian: liep.
• Macedonian: јул. (jul.)
• Malay: Jul
• Polish: lip (pl)
• Portuguese: jul.
• Punjabi: ਜੁਲਾ (julā)
• Romanian: iul.
• Russian: июл. (ijul.)
• Scottish Gaelic: Iuch (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јул m

  Latin: jul m, srp m (Croatia)

• Slovene: jul.
• Spanish: jul., jul (es)
• Swahili: Jul
• Swedish: jul. (sv), jul (sv)
• Tagalog: Hul.
• Thai: ก.ค. (th) (gɔɔ.kɔɔ.)
• Turkish: Tem
• Ukrainian: лип. (lyp.)
• Uzbek: iyl
• Welsh: Gorff

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Gyrðr, a short form of Guðrøðr, equivalent to English Godfrey.

Proper noun

Jul

1. a male given name
2. a female given name

German

Etymology

From Danish jul

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juːl/

Noun

Jul n (strong, genitive Juls or Jul, no plural)

1. Yule.

   Synonym: Julfest

Declension

Declension of Jul [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Jul
genitive	eines	des	Juls, Jul
dative	einem	dem	Jul
accusative	ein	das	Jul

Descendants

• → Dutch: joel

Indonesian

Proper noun

Jul

1. abbreviation of Juli (“July”)

   Coordinate terms: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Mei, Jun, Agu, Sep, Okt, Nov, Des

Malay

Proper noun

Jul

1. abbreviation of Julai (“July”)

   Coordinate terms: Jan, Feb, Mac, Apr, Mei, Jun, Ogo, Sep, Okt, Nov, Dis

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• Gjul (for the dialectal-origin name)

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Several origins have been proposed for the Norwegian name:

1. a dialectal spelling variant of Gjul, related to Gjurd and Gyrd, perhaps ultimately from Old Norse Guðfrøðr m, a dithematic name whose elements mean “god” and “peace”;
2. a short form of Julius;
3. Old Danish Jul m, a younger form of Old Norse Ígull m, from ígull (“hedgehog; sea urchin”).

Compare Danish Jul and Swedish Jul (“male given name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʉːl/, [jʉːl]
• Rhymes: -ʉːl
• Homophones: Juul, Gjul, jul, hjul
• Hyphenation: Jul

Proper noun

Jul

1. a male given name

Usage notes

• Many Norwegian bearers of Jul were born on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.
• The name had its strongest period of use in Norway approximately from 1900 to 1925. It was particularly associated with Eastern Norway, especially Oppland.

Derived terms

• Juline (“female form”)

Statistics

• As of 1 January 2026, 52 men registered in Norway had Jul as their first given name.
• As of the same date, 15 people had Jul registered in the combined middle-name/surname category.

Anagrams

• jul

Swahili

Proper noun

Jul

1. abbreviation of Julai (“July”)

   Coordinate terms: Jan, Feb, Mac, Apr, Mei, Jun, Ago, Sep, Okt, Nov, Des