Jolene

Where Jolene comes from

A blend of the element Jo... in common anglicized forms of various Hebrew names and the ending ...lene shared by the German names Helene and Magdalene. Cognate with Charlene, Darlene, and Marlene, which were constructed in similar manner from the names Charles, darling, and Maria.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jolene
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Jolene through the years
  1. 1918
    First appearance
    #3,869 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1974
    Peak, #245
    1,053 babies named Jolene, the most in any year.
  3. 1985
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #471.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Jolene in Wikidata.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.