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Jolene

feminine

91First-name usabilityHighly workable
Evidence coverageLimited

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No independent lexical meaning; it is a sound-based combination of Jo (a short form used with various longer names) and the popular name-suffix -lene.

Why it works

  • English speakers will almost certainly pronounce it correctly on the first try
  • spelling is short and predictable — rarely needs repeating

What to know

pronunciation varies somewhat by language — see "How it travels" for the specifics

Popularity

Uncommon — #666 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Meaning and origin

Jolene means No independent lexical meaning; it is a sound-based combination of Jo (a short form used with various longer names) and the popular name-suffix -lene.

Now inseparable in US popular culture from the Dolly Parton song, though the documented historical record shows it was already an established, if modest, American given name for roughly four and a half decades before the song's 1973 release.

Well supportedTraced to a root word or element rather than a single, direct historical gloss.

How it travels

English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.

EnglishEnglish pronunciation: consistent with standard reading rules.deterministic phonetic analysis
TurkishEnglish reading conventions often soften or drop a trailing "-e"; Turkish is pronounced letter-by-letter, so Turkish speakers are likely to voice that final syllable clearly where English speakers may not.deterministic phonetic analysis
GermanEnglish reading conventions often soften or drop a trailing "-e"; German is pronounced letter-by-letter, so German speakers are likely to voice that final syllable clearly where English speakers may not.deterministic phonetic analysis

Spelling stability: high — based on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.

Popularity without panic

Uncommon — #666 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Still uncommon, but no longer unfamiliar.

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Real-world considerations

  • Spelling note: Joleen.
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