Given name & surname
Cola
“a victorious woman”
Cola is a variant of Colola. One American interpretation is “a victorious woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cola is a variant of Colola. One American interpretation is “a victorious woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cola is a variant of Colola. An origin associated with Colola is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1894. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cola through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 340
- 81 boys · 259 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 209 as a first name in 2020; 939 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cola’s family of names
In Italian usage, Cola has a diminutive in CULOTTA. Cola has a related form in Colola. In Italian usage, Cola as a surname has a related form in GOLA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Cola
- Cola di RienzoItalian politician1313–1354
- Cola DebrotGovernor of the Netherlands Antilles (1902–1981)
- Cola PetruccioliItalian painter (1360-1401)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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