Given name & surname
Joli
“a pretty young woman”
Joli is a variant of Jolie. One French interpretation is “a pretty young woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Joli is a variant of Jolie. One French interpretation is “a pretty young woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Joli is a variant of Jolie. An origin associated with Jolie is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Joli through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,155
- 0 boys · 1,155 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −78%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 37 in 1969. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,141 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.
Joli’s family of names
Joli has a related form in Jolie. In English usage, Joli as a surname has a related form in JOLLIFFE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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