Jules fell out of the Top 1000 American boy names after 1961, but Yul Brynner still played a gunfighter named Jules in “Invitation to a Gunfighter” in 1964
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72 American boys were named Jacques in 2016; 50 more than a century ago in 1916
Isabelle
Isabelle is the second most popular spelling (after Isabella) of this variant of Elizabeth
Heloise
SSA lists 8 records for girls named Heloise in the USA in 1910; 100 years later, in 2010, that number dropped to 5
Hervé
1967 was the most popular year for the name Hervé in France. It was given to over 7,000 garçons.
Henri
In 2012, Henri was the 358th most popular names for boy in France.
Gisela
In 2010, Gisela was just as popular as Larkin and Tammy in the USA, with 67 births attributed to each name
Germaine
Germaine appeared in the Top 500 American female names in two years: 1929 and 1930
Geraldine
Geraldine was a Top 50 American baby girl name between 1928 and 1942
Geneva
Geneva was a popular name in the first three decades of the 20th century
Guillaume
Guillaume reached the peak of its popularity in France in the 1980s
Granville
Granville last appeared in the Top 1000 American baby boy names in 1952 at No. 988