Jolly

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For a girl? I love it, dh raised his eyebrows.

OP- Joely is one option- pronounced Joe-ELLEE. Jolie is pronounced JOE-lee not Jolly.

Aeons ago I remember temping in a place where a colleague's new grandchild was called............

JOLLY SWALLOW!

At best it sounds like a pirate's ship, at worst it sounds like..............

I'm pretty sure the OP isn't serious... Even for MN it's a ludicrous name. It's like saying you're going to call your child Plump or Boring or some other nonsense.

Jolly swallow?

AH HAHAHAHAHA

Sorry.

Jolly swallow

Don't do it OP.

No. Tantamount to abuse.

Oh good grief!
Please give your child a name that's ACTUALLY A NAME!!!!

Jolie is nice, like Jolie Richardson. Is that how you mean it to be pronounced OP? But not Jolly, like the jolly green giant, surely.

"DH raised his eyebrows". I can't for the life of me fathom why

I'd have thought you misunderstood the name Jolyon is a boys name tbh

Sorry but Jolly is just cruel. I know you don't mean it to be but imagine being an angst-ridden teenager and having to introduce yourself as Jolly. Or trying to be taken seriously as an adult with that name.

I really don't care much for boys' names given to girls.

Jolly is a nn for Jolyon.

I know one in RL.

How about Merryn? Nn Merry?

Pixi beat me to it - Merryn nn Merry would be a lovely alternative

I assume you'll by using Holliday as a middle name?

You beat me to it Turbo :)

Jolly is silly and not a name.

Very silly.

I don't like it. It makes me think of clowns.

I know a jolyon who is a boy.

I think it's cute for a baby but beyond about age 9 months it's just ridiculous

I think it's daft.

Joelle, Joely, Jolene, Jolie, Juliet, Joy...
Maybe even Olivia, Olive, Iolanthe or Josephine.

These are names that could feasibly be nn-ified to Jolly.

Now I love an alternative, unusual name. Jolly is not one of these. By all means as an informal nn - but it's not a name.