Jolette
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.
Jolette by the numbers
Jolette was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 258 babies in 2005, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Jolette
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 Jolette. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Josettegod will increase; diminutive of Josephine41 in the US (2017)
- Joette
- Julietteyouthful; a form of Julia1,490 in the US (2017)
- Jolenegod is gracious; blend of Jo- with -lene, a feminine form of John687 in the US (2017)
- Janettegracious gift; a form of Janet46 in the US (2017)
- Jenettegod is gracious; a form of jeannette5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Jolette
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