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Jelle - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jelle

[ syll. jel-le, je-lle ] The boy name Jelle is pronounced JHEH- KEY. Jelle has its origins in the Germanic language and it is used largely in Dutch. Jelle is a variant form of William (English and French). Jelle is also a short form of Guilielmus (Dutch).

Jelle is not commonly used as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000. In 2008, out of the family of boy names directly related to Jelle, William (English and French) was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Jelle include Jace (English), Jack (English and Dutch), Jae (English and Indian), Jai (Indian), Jake (English), Jay (English), Jaye (English and Indian), Jeks (Latvian), Jess (English), Jey (English), Jeye (English), Ji (Chinese), Jie (Chinese), Jo (English, Dutch, German, and Japanese), Joash (English), Jock (Scottish and English), Joe (English and French), Joos (Dutch), Josh (English), and Joze (Slavic).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Jelle: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)"


 
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