Jolan

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jolan by the numbers

Jolan was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 15 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Jolan

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

  • Joangod is gracious; feminine form of John298 in the US (2017)
  • Jolin17 in the US (2017)
  • Jolen8 in the US (2017)
  • Jordanflowing down; to descend5,996 in the US (2017)
  • Joanngod is gracious; a form of Joanna75 in the US (2017)
  • Jahanthe world; universe32 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jolan

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

  • Jolenegod is gracious; blend of Jo- with -lene, a feminine form of John687 in the US (2017)
  • Jolynn40 in the US (2017)
  • Joleen25 in the US (2017)
  • Jolyn10 in the US (2017)
  • Joline8 in the US (2017)
  • Joylyn8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jolan

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