I like the name 'Jolie' ....

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It sounds pretty and it means 'pretty'

but will people think 'Angelina' straight away?

I'm just trying to sort out another list to show DH

waht about Joleen

i know a girl called that but its very difficult not to burst into song when i say her name ala dolly parton

Joely
Jaolithe

naily this thread was spawned from another where the OP suggested Joeleen and we all went 'Noooooo!'

There is a Jolene thread today!

I meant your rl first name. I always wanted to be called that. My mother regrets her choice of name for me. (as do I). You can imagine they way Dundee folk say it!

joleen joleen joleen JO-LEEEEN
im beggin of you please down take my man

oh no my name is dull
(i was christened the short version - which i am eternally grateful to dad for)
i like your first name

Yes Jolene is such a karaoke name

Jolie is naff.

It will date badly.

Have lived in France for a long time and have never heard of anybody called Jolie, I really don't think it is a name as such! What would you think if you met a person called Pretty? (Not slating your choice btw, just trying to play devil's advocate)...

Balloonslayer, I have never heard that expression.

People won't know how to pronounce it. Call her Julia.

Hi

My good friends name is Jolie she is in her 30s and is not french. Mind you she does have an unusual foreign middle name too so maybe her parents had links along the way.
I always liked her name and did not know it meant pretty, i like it even more now.

Go for it

Julia is lovely; Juliet is lovely. Jolie is not lovely; neither is Jolene. And sorry Fimbo but Ju-leigh is beyond awful!

If I met baby Jolie I would immediatley assume her parents were big fans of Angelina.

Joely is better and sounds similar. I suppose some might assume you are a big Joely Richardson fan - but that seems less likely .

Everyone will call her Jolly.
Don't do it. Please.

And what if she turns out not to be pretty? She will hate you forever.