Jolie is the French word for "pretty" and became a given name in the English-speaking world largely through the actress Angelina Jolie, whose middle name it originally was. It has the short, chic feel of Elle and Josie. In the United States Jolie ranked number 820 in 2000, peaked at number 564 in 2008 and held around number 700 through the 2010s; it ranks number 1030 in 2025.