Given name & surname
Jolie
“a pretty young woman”
Jolie is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “a pretty young woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “a pretty young woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1947. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jolie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14,099
- 0 boys · 14,099 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 546 babies
- 2025
- 243
- #1,030 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 243 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,030 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 23.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 546 in 2008. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (36). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 11,940 as a first name in 2020; 395 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jolie’s family of names
Jolie has a related form in Jolee. Jolie has a related form in Joely. Jolie has a related form in Joli.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Joleevariant
- Joleighvariant
- Joelyvariant
- Joliettevariant
- Joleyvariant
- Joleavariant
- Jolietvariant
- Jolivariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jolie
- Jolie HollandAmerican singerborn 1975
- Jolie GaborHungarian-American socialite, entrepreneur, memoirist; mother of the Gabor sisters1896–1997
- Jolie JustusAmerican politicianborn 1971
- Jolie DettaCongolese singer-songwriter, dancer, and evangelistborn 1968
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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