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Jolly name meaning

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What does the name Jolly mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Jolly

User Submitted Origins

English
82%
French
9%
Spanish
9%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. According to a user from New Jersey, U.S., the name Jolly is of English origin and means "Happy".
  2. A submission from Egypt says the name Jolly means "Happiness, joy" and is of English origin.
  3. A submission from the United Kingdom says the name Jolly means "At one with emotions" and is of English origin.
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
adjective Jol"ly
Senses
  1. Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful."Like a jolly troop of huntsmen." [Shak.]"“A jolly place,” said he, “in times of old! But something ails it now: the spot is cursed.”" [Wordsworth.]
  2. Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety."And with his jolly pipe delights the groves." [Prior.]"Their jolly notes they chanted loud and clear." [Fairfax.]
  3. Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant."A jollycool wind."Sir T. North.(Now mostly colloq)"Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit." [Spenser.]" The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions." [W. Irving.]

Etymology: OF. joli jolif, joyful, merry, F. joli pretty; of Scand. origin, akin to E. yule; cf. Icel. jōl yule, Christmas feast. See Yule

verb Jol"ly
To cause to be jolly; to make good-natured; to encourage to feel pleasant or cheerful; -- often implying an insincere or bantering spirit; hence, to poke fun at.
noun Jol"ly
A marine in the English navy.

Etymology: Prob. fr. Jolly (a.)

Other Dictionary Sources
  1. A yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
    Synonyms: jolly boat
  2. A happy party
  3. Be silly or tease one another
    Synonyms: banter, chaff, josh, and kid
  4. Full of or showing high-spirited merriment ("the jolly crowd at the reunion" and "jolly old Saint Nick")
    Synonyms: gay, jocund, jovial, merry, and mirthful
  5. To certain extent or degree ("jolly decent of him")
    Synonyms: fairly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, and somewhat
Wiktionary
  • 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.
  1. A female given name
  2. A surname​.
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Notable Persons Named Jolly

Notable Persons Named Jolly

Jolly Abraham

Jolly Abraham is a playback singer and carnatic music musician. His career lasted from 1973 to 1996. Jolly was born in Kochi, Kerala, India.

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Jolly Blackburn

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Jolly Tavoro Nyame

Jolly Tavoro Nyame is a Governor of Taraba State and List of Governors of Taraba State. His career lasted from 1999 to 2007. Jolly was born on December 25th, 1955 in Zing, Nigeria.

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Jolly Stanesby

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Jolly Katongole

Jolly Katongole is an athlete. Jolly was born on December 15th, 1985.

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Jolly Kramer-Johansen

Jolly was born in 1902. He left this life in 1968.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Jolly

Notable Persons With the Last Name Jolly

David Jolly

David was born on October 31st, 1972 in Dunedin, Florida.

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Emika

Emika is a dubstep, trip hop, experimental music, electronica, techno, and pop music musician. She has been prominent since 2009. Emika was given the name Ema Jolly on January 8th, 1986 in Milton Keynes, England. Emika is also known as Jolly and Ema.

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Johnny Jolly

Johnny Jolly is a football player. He was most active from 2006 to present. Johnny was born on February 21st, 1983.

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Grady Jolly

Grady Jolly is a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Grady was born on October 3rd, 1937 in Louisville, Mississippi.

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Darren Jolly

Darren Jolly is an australian rules football player.

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Roberto Blandón

Roberto was given the name Roberto Blandón Jolly on March 8th, 1961 in Mexico City. Roberto is also known as Roberto Blandon Jolly.

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  • Judith Jolly
  • William Jolly
    1st Lord Mayor of Brisbane
  • Dave Jolly
    Baseball Player
  • Friedrich Jolly
  • Brian Jolly
  • Dan Jolly
    Member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 16th District

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Jolly U.S.
█  White 74.80% 64.26%
█  African American 18.19% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 2.56% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.53% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 1.69% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 2.23% 16.26%

Of Last Name Jolly

People with the last name Jolly are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Jolly

  • How Popular is the name Jolly? Jolly is the 17,604th most popular name of all time. As a last name Jolly was the 2,306th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Jolly have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 462 babies born with the first name Jolly in the United States. That's more than enough people named Jolly to occupy the territory of Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 66 (as of July 1, 2008).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Jolly? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1891 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
  • When was Jolly first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Jolly is Wednesday, March 28th, 1877.
  • What year had the most people named Jolly born? The highest recorded use of the first name Jolly was in 1934 with a total of 14 babies.
  • Weird things about the name Jolly: The name spelled backwards is Ylloj. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Oljly. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Jolly? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 15,827 people with the last name Jolly.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Jolly? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 5 of them will have Jolly as their last name.
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