Given name & surname
Joliette
“a pretty young woman”
Joliette is a variant of Jolie. One French interpretation is “a pretty young woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Joliette is a variant of Jolie. One French interpretation is “a pretty young woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Joliette is a variant of Jolie. An origin associated with Jolie is French.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French usage, Joliette as a surname is a diminutive of Joly.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Joliette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 43
- 0 boys · 43 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,979 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,979 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Joliette’s family of names
In French usage, Joliette as a surname is a diminutive of Joly. Joliette has a related form in Jolie. In French usage, Joliette as a surname has a related form in Joliet.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
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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