Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Jolynne isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jolynne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 474
- 0 boys · 474 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 20 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 8 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 1964. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 607 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.
Jolynne’s family of names
Jolynne may belong to the same name family as Jolyne. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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