Jolien

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Jolien is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Russian surname31 records spelled Jolien7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Belgium

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Жолин, Zholin

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Over time●

BE Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) — 29 years between 1995–2023. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jolien Roos-Hesselinkb. 1961NLresearcher
• Jolien Janzingb. 1964NLDutch writer
• Jolien De Greefb. 1988BEBelgian presenter
• Jolien D'Hooreb. 1990BEBelgian racing cyclist
• Jolien Verschuerenb. 1990BEBelgian bicycle racer
• Jolien Sysmansb. 1992BEBelgian swimmer
• Jolien Boumkwob. 1993BEBelgian athletics competitor
• Jolien Abramsb. 1995BEBelgian fencer
• Jolien Knollemab. 2003NLDutch volleyball player
• Jolien van VlietNLDutch cricketer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 82 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Jolien?

We estimate roughly 3.2 thousand people bear Jolien (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Jolien have the most bearers?

Jolien is most frequently recorded in Belgium, where it is most often spelled jolien.

How common is Jolien compared with other names?

In Belgium, Jolien is the 191st most common given name of 58,504 given names recorded there.

Is Jolien a male or female name?

Jolien is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.