# Jolliffe (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/jolliffe/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Anglo-Norman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 997 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,934 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 309,675 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.2% (995 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Jolliff, Joliffe, Joliff, Jolife, Jollife, Jollif, Jolif, Jolyff, Jolyf, Jollie |

## Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from jolif, from Old French joli, from Old Norse jol (“Yule”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Jolliffe in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Similar surnames

Jolliff.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.