Joelene

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Joelene by the numbers

Joelene was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 37 babies in 1975, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Joelene

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 Joelene. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jolenegod is gracious; blend of Jo- with -lene, a feminine form of John687 in the US (2017)
  • Jaelene11 in the US (2017)
  • Joelee8 in the US (2017)
  • Joellegod is willing; feminine form of Joel455 in the US (2017)
  • Jelenashining light; a form of Helen68 in the US (2017)
  • Jaslenejasmine flower; a modern blend or respelling of Jasmine59 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Joelene

Names that are said the same way as Joelene, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Joelene

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