Jolene is a feminine given name derived from a combination of the name '' Jo'' with the suffix ''-lene'', common in other names in fashion during the middle of the 20th century such as

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. It came into greater use in the 1940s but increased in popularity following the release of the 1973 song '' Jolene'' by

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Variant forms

Jolene has several spelling variations: * Joelene * Joleen * Joleene * Jolene * Joliene * Joline * Jouline * Jolin * Jolleen * Jollene * Jolyn * Jolyne * Jolynn *Joleane * Jolean

Notable people

Jolene Anderson Jolene Anderson (born 26 May 1980) is an Australian actress and singer. From 2006 to 2008, she played the character of Erica Templeton on the drama series '' All Saints''. She is also the winner of the second series of celebrity singing com ...

(born 1980), Australian actress *

Jolene Blalock Jolene Blalock (born March 5, 1975) is an American actress and model. She is best known for playing Vulcan first officer and science officer T'Pol on the UPN science-fiction series '' Star Trek: Enterprise''. Her other work includes guest-sta ...

(born 1975), American actress from ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' *

Jolene Brand Jolene Brand (born Jolene Marie Bufkin; July 31, 1934) is an American actress. She acted most in the 1950s and 1960s, and appeared in seven episodes of the Ernie Kovacs television shows. Career In 1958, she acted in the B-film ''Giant from the U ...

(born 1934), American actress *

Jolene Henderson Jolene Nicole Henderson (born November 14, 1991) is an American, former collegiate All-American, professional All-Star, right-handed hitting softball pitcher and first baseman and softball Assistant Coach, originally from Elk Grove, California. ...

(born 1991), American softball pitcher *

Jolene Koester Jolene Koester is an American university administrator, economic board member, and author. She served as the 4th president of California State University, Northridge from July 2000 to December 2011, and as the interim Chancellor of the Californ ...

, president of California State University, Northridge *

Jolene Purdy Jolene Purdy is an American actress. Purdy starred as Cherita Chen in the 2001 film '' Donnie Darko''. Among her television credits is the Fox sitcom '' Do Not Disturb,'' which debuted in 2008, as well as the ABC Family comedy series ''10 Things I ...

(born 1983), American actress from ''

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'' *

Jolene Unsoeld Jolene Bishoprick Unsoeld (December 3, 1931 – November 28, 2021) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 1995. A Democrat, Unsoeld represented Washington's 3rd congression ...

(1931–2021), American politician * Jolene Van Vugt (born 1980), Canadian motocross champion *

Jolene Marie Cholock-Rotinsulu Jolene Marie Cholock-Rotinsulu (; born May 15, 1996) is an Indonesian-American Paralympic Games committee member, disability rights activist, TV commercial model, actress, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Puteri In ...

(born 1996), Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2019 and Miss International Indonesia 2019 *

Jolene Watanabe Jolene Watanabe (August 31, 1968 – June 22, 2019) was an American international tennis player. She competed in the Australian Open The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. Th ...

(1968–2019), American tennis player * Jolene Yazzie (born 1978), American graphic designer

Usage

Jolene ranks 624 out of 4275 for females of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census. The name has been in use in the United States since at least the late 1920s and ranked among the top 1,000 names for newborn American girls between 1928 and 1993 and again between 2010 and 2022.https://www.behindthename.com/name/jolene

In popular culture

The title track of

's 1973 album, " Jolene", is about the protagonist begging a beautiful woman named Jolene to not take her lover. The sixth story arc of the manga series ''

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1987 to 2004, and was transferred to the monthly ''seinen'' manga ...

'', titled ''

Stone Ocean In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter. It is categorized by the minerals included, its chemical composition, and the way in which it is formed. Rocks form the Earth's ...

'', features a main protagonist named Jolyne Cujoh. In '' Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', Jolene is a Toad that runs the Glitz Pit, a fighting arena located in Glitzville.

References

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