Jolene is a girl's name of French origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 493 girls in the United States.
Jolene belongs to the French tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Jolene first appears in Social Security records in 1918. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #245 in 1974, and in 2024 493 babies received the name — 35,797 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Jolene is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its French origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Jolene is a girl name. In 2024, 493 babies received the name in the US.
Jolene comes from the French tradition.
Jolene first appears in US records in 1918. Its best-ever ranking was #245 in 1974, and 493 babies were given the name in 2024.
Jolene is pronounced /d͡ʒoʊˈliːn/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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