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Jølle
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jolle
Norwegian Bokmål
no Jølle
Pronunciation
nb /ˈjœlːə/
nb œlːə 2
nb Jøl le
Etymology 1
nb. An old farm name from nb Lista, a peninsula and former municipality in present-day nb Farsund, nb Agder, southern Norway. The related harbour name nb Jøllestø has been explained as perhaps from nb non hjallr shelf, ledge, but the exact origin of the farm name nb Jølle itself remains uncertain.
thumb|Jølle on Lista.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb farm/and/hamlet on Lista in mun:suf/Farsund county:also/Agder c:also/Norway
nb place names from the farm name nb Jølle
Statistics
nb Jølle was not among the surnames borne by 200 or more people in Norway as of 31 December 2025.“12891: Etternavn brukt av 200 personer eller flere”, Statistics Norway.
Etymology 2
nb. Attested as a masculine nickname, including for nb Jørgen. The fictional-character use is the Norwegian name of English en Odie.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb informal a masculine nickname, attested for people named nb Jørgen
nb fictional character the Norwegian name of Odie, the dog in no Pusur
References
Further reading
Kåre Rudjord (1980), Listaboka I: gard og folk, Farsund: Farsund kommune, page 97.
Jølle no
“Signaturer fra en annen tid: Hidrehistorie i sagn og stedsnavn”, page 98.
“Pusur”, Store norske leksikon.
“Oskar Westerlin og «Jølle» håvet inn over 6,5 millioner”, E24, 4 July 2023.