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I don't think I've heard heard of someone named Jolie. According to data from INSEE (France's Census Bureau equivalent), since 1925, only 6 babies were named J
by afelixdorn 2y ago
I don't think I've heard heard of someone named Jolie.
According to data from INSEE (France's Census Bureau equivalent), since 1925, only 6 babies were named Jolie in 2011 and then 5 more in 2018.
There's a Joline which you'd pronounce pretty much like jolie as the n is very weak, but it's barely more popular.
Anyway, jolie does mean pretty, but it's not really a name (11~0 at this scale).
- rob74 2y agoI'm pretty sure you've heard of at least one person named Jolie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelina_Jolie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelina_Jolie - but of course she's not French, I guess her parents picked the name because it sounded nice, and she thought it sounded so nice that she picked it as her stage name...
- misja111 2y agoHer mother had French-Canadian roots.
- soco 2y agoI suppose the parent commenter mistook Jolie for Julie which is indeed a common French (and not only) name.
- afelixdorn 2y agoYeah, but that's a last name. I was talking about first names which is usually what people mean when they say a common name. I'm guessing the other commenters are right, GP probably meant "Julie".
- yencabulator 2y agoAngelina Jolie is a stage name. She was born Angelina Jolie Voight. Jolie is a middle name there.
- prmoustache 2y agoYeah Julie/juliette are common as a first name but do not share etymology (comes from julius). A more common last name is Joly which is old form from joli, the masculine form of jolie.