Joely?

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Thoughts on Joely for a girl?

I know a Jolie

I like Joely.

I really like it!

Prefer Joelle as Joely looks strange written down.

Makes me think 'jowly'.

Joelle is nicer imo.

I don't like Joelle much, thank you for the suggestion though.

Joelle sounds very 1970s. Joely is nice, fairly unusual but pretty.

@EverythingsTicketyBoo Thank you.

I'm totally biased but I love it. For me it's always been pronounced to rhyme with holy with a j sound like jelly. My French sister in law says it with a "zh" so it sounds more like Jolie though and it's lovely no one can ever like everything and if you love it, go for it.

I think it’s lovely. It strikes up a happy, vintage vibe with me. I picture a little girl in a corduroy burgundy dungaree dress (don’t ask-some names strike up images to me)

It does have a happy vibe. It makes me think of Joely Richardson and she is stunning.

I also like the name Vanessa.

@Namechangenumber23 I pronounce both Joely and Jolie like Holy with a J. I think most people in Australia pronounce it this way, I didn't realise it wasn't usually pronounced like that until now! 

@Cbeebiesrehab I thought the same thing! Usually I love more modern names but lately I've been loving older names for some reason.

I’ve got a Joely. She’s ace, and likes her name. She does get regularly serenaded with Jolene but it doesn’t remotely bother her and she just laughs at it. We’ve never met another one but regularly get comments on what a pretty name it is.

And yep we pronounce it Joly too. But that may be regional.

@Directionerforever That's lovely to hear! Thank you.

I know this post was opened ages ago but I had to comment as I'm a Joely...

It's Jo-lee, the only thing that upset me was I could never find anything with my name on when I was younger... guess it's OK now as everything can be personalised etc

Also everyone calls me Jo oh and when Jolene comes on everyone sings it at me xxxx

I really like it

Joely isn't my personal style but I think it's a nice enough name. I might be concerned about people pronouncing it jo-LEE (like Angelina Jolie) rather than rhyming with "holy", which could be annoying for her.

It's a lovely name.

(Jolie would confuse me as I'd think maybe to pronounce it the french way!)

On no it's an old tjread!

@cloverbug

Doesn't seem to popular here 🙁 The reason it caught my eye is because it sounds similar to Joy and Jolly which I thought was lovely.

For anyone wondering:
"Meaning: God Will Be Willing. The name Joely means God Will Be Willing and is of English origin. Joely is a name that's been used primarily by parents who are considering baby names for girls."

• babynames.com

These sites just make stuff up

It’s just a modern variation of Joseph / Josephine.

Joely isn’t great IMO, so if you must I’d use it as a nn for Josephine.

Joelle is a much better name.

Beautiful name!
Summery, smiles, flowers in the meadow kind of name.

It's lovely and lovely meaning too!

"Jowly." And of course, That Song.

Not great.

Joelle, Joella are fine. Jolie is not terrible but people will mix it up with Jodie and Julie a lot.