Given name
Joelene
“God will add”
In English use, Joelene has a related form in Jolene. In English use, Jolene carries the interpretation “God will add.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Joelene has a related form in Jolene. In English use, Jolene carries the interpretation “God will add.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Joelene is a form of Jolene. Jolene comes from Hebrew, and ultimately from German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1927. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Joelene through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,181
- 0 boys · 1,181 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,487 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −6%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,487 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 37 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 894 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Joelene’s family of names
In English usage, Joelene has a related form in Jolene.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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