Jolyon

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Jolyon

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Medieval spelling of Julian, revived by Galsworthy in Forsyte Saga.

proper noun

A male given name from Latin, in quiet use since the 1920s. In that Summer of 1909 the simple souls who even then desired to simplify the English tongue, had, of course, no cognizance of little Jon, or they would have claimed him for a disciple. But one can be too simple in this life, for his real name was Jolyon, and his living father and dead half-brother

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"Jolyon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jolyon.

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@misc{jolyon_2026,
  title = {Jolyon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jolyon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}