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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Joly m. Middle English, Old French joli(f) 'merry, cheerful, cheerful'.

Some forms of this can also be forms of Julius, q.v.

England
Early Modern English
● 1532–1533 Jolye CovGuild-2 p. 118
Ireland
Latin
● fin12thC Ioli (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 18
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Joly". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2019, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2019/1/name/Joly.