Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Jole is a romanization of Јоле. Јоле is a diminutive of Јован. Јован comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jole through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 58
- 5 boys · 53 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2002. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 366 as a first name in 2020; 117 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jole’s family of names
In Macedonian usage, Jole is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Јоле.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jole
- Jole SantelliItalian politician (1968–2020)
- Jole GalliItalian freesktyle skierborn 1995
- Jole Bovio MarconiItalian archaeologist (1897-1986)
- Jole FierroItalian actress (1926-1988)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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