Jolani

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three 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

Jolani by the numbers

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

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Jolani

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

  • Jalani74 in the US (2017)
  • Jolan10 in the US (2017)
  • Jlani5 in the US (2017)
  • Julani5 in the US (2017)
  • Jolenegod is gracious; blend of Jo- with -lene, a feminine form of John687 in the US (2017)
  • Johanagod is gracious; a form of Johanna143 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jolani

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