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[Opinions] Jolene
Wdyt of Jolene and what is a good name for a sibling? I think it's sweet although outdated. I think of brother Kurt and sister Jenna.
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Jolene, Jolene, jOlEne, JOLEEENNNEEE 🎶Will always have the Dolly connotation, but I still do really like Jolene. Kurt fits. I don't think Jenna's the best fit for a sister. Maybe Anna or Agnes.
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I used to find Jolene boring and strangely southern, but I like it more now. It sounds like the peaceful countryside or something.Brother: Morgan or Alfred
Sister: Morgana or Ulyssa
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I like Jolene, but I definitely prefer the name Jenna (which you suggested as a sister name) to Jolene. A good brother name for Jolene is Curtis; a good sister name for Jolene is Rhonda.
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Jolene is cute, I would say more for a middle name if she lives in the south, possibly first name in the north.Kurt works for a brother. Sister maybe Corinne, Mabel, Lilyanne, Hazel, something from the same era.
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It's a lovely name by itself and I think on the right person it's gorgeous. I can see potential with the nickname Joly (Jo-lee). However personally, it's got too much negative association for me between the Dolly Parton song (which my grandma - bless her heart- used to blast full volume and then launch into a bunch of sob stories about how her sister always stole the boys she wanted to date when they were younger so that image stayed stuck in my head) combined with a girl I went to high school with who was Regina level mean girl.
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Your grandma must have been wonderful. Great memory!
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Actually, she and I had a very complicated relationship. It was messy, and she was very narcissistic.
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It’s an ok name in itself but too Dolly Parton.
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Love it
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My only context for it is that song, which puts me right off. Apart from that, it seems to have been invented to feminise Jo-. Fine, if that solves a problem for anyone; it doesn't work for me.
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Don't like it at all, another J sibling isn't good
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