Given name
Jolyon
“one who is youthful; daughter of the sky”
Jolyon preserves a medieval spelling of Julian, later brought to a new audience through fiction.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Jolyon has an alternative spelling in Julian. One Greek interpretation is “the child of Jove; one who is vouthful Julien, Julira.uscant eni Jaun., ilano blyon,.” Jolyon is a variant of Julia. One Latin interpretation is “one who is youthful; daughter of the sky.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Jolyon has an alternative spelling in Julian. An origin associated with Julian is Greek. Jolyon is a variant of Julia. An origin associated with Julia is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English use, Jolyon is used as a spelling variant of Julian.
The story
John Galsworthy used Jolyon for a character in The Forsyte Saga. The novels and their television adaptation helped renew interest in this medieval spelling.
Jolyon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 31
- 31 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 9 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 boys is 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 152 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.
Jolyon’s family of names
Jolyon has a related form in Julia. Jolyon has an alternative spelling in Julian. Jolyon has a related form in Julian.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jolyon
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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