Jolly

Where Jolly comes from

* Cognate to the French name Jolie. It derives from the Old French word joli (merriness). * In Punjab (India) it is a corruption of the word jalli.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jolly
  • Vowel-ended
Jolly through the years
  1. 1891
    Debut at its peak, #963
    #963 among boys with 5 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1892
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1983
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Jolly 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.