Jolene (name)
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Jolene |
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| Gender | Female |
| Meaning | He will increase |
| Related names | Joseph |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Jolene |
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[edit] Origin
It comes from the middle English name for "Joseph".
[edit] Meaning
Jolene means "he will increase"
Sometimes referred to as Jolie meaning "beautiful" in French
[edit] Variant forms
Jolene has 15 variant forms:
- Joeline,
- Joeleen,
- Joeline,
- Jolaine,
- Jolean,
- Joleen,
- Jolena,
- Jolina,
- Joline,
- Jolleen,
- Jollene,
- Jolyn,
- Jolyna,
- Jolyne
- and Jolynn.
[edit] Made famous by Dolly Parton
The name was made famous by a hit song of the same name, recorded by Dolly Parton in 1974.
[edit] Census
Jolene is a very popular female first name, ranking 624 out of 4275 for females of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census. Jolene is a rare surname as it was not ranked for people of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census.
