Jolyne

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two 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

Jolyne by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 12 babies in 1948, making it a 1940s name.

What we can tell you about Jolyne

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 Jolyne. 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)
  • Jolynn40 in the US (2017)
  • Jolyn10 in the US (2017)
  • Joline8 in the US (2017)
  • Joliepretty, cheerful437 in the US (2017)
  • Joycejoyful329 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jolyne

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

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