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 [ 2 syll. jo-le-ne, jol-ene ] The girl name Jolene is pronounced JHowLIYN KEY. Jolene's origin, as well as its use, is in the English language. The name is a recent coinage from the combination of the first element Jo with '-lene', which could have been derived from another name with such an ending, such as Marlene. The name was popularized by the 1974 hit single 'Jolene', sung by Dolly Parton. Variant forms of Jolene include Jolenna (English) and Jolien (Dutch). Jolene is a variant form of Joline (German and English) in the English language. Other forms of Jolene include the short form Jo (English), the pet form Jolie (French), and the variant spellings Joeleen (English), Joelene (English), Joeline (English), Jolean (English), Joleane (English), Joleen (English), Joline (English), and Jolleen (English). Jolene is a rare baby girl name. At the peak of its usage in 1974, 0.067% of baby girls were given the name Jolene. It was #245 in rank then. The baby name has suffered a steep drop in popularity since then, and is of only very modest use today. In 2008, out of the family of girl names directly linked to Jolene, Jolie (French and English) was the most frequently used. Baby names that sound like Jolene include Joeleen (English), Joelene (English), Jolean (English), Joleane (English), Joline (German and English), Jacaline (English), Jacelyn (English), Jacklyn (English), Jaclyn (English), Jacqulyn (English), Jaelyn (English), Jaelynn (English), Jalin (English), Jaline (English), Jalyn (English), Jalynn (English), Jalynne (English), Jaylan (English), Jayleen (English), and Jaylen (English). A famous person named Jolene is Actress Jolene Blalock, born 5 March 1975, San Diego, California. KEY: Pronunciation for Jolene: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
