Joelly

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Joelly by the numbers

Joelly was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 12 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Joelly

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

  • Joellegod is willing; feminine form of Joel455 in the US (2017)
  • JoellaJehovah is God; feminine form of Joel74 in the US (2017)
  • Joeleyjehovah is god; modern spelling of Joely5 in the US (2017)
  • Joely36 in the US (2017)
  • Joyellejoyful; a form of Joyce12 in the US (2017)
  • JonelleGod is gracious; a feminine form of Jon9 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Joelly

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

Names about as common as Joelly

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