Given name & surname · also Italian
Gola
“ravine”
Gola is a surname from Italian (ultimately Polish). It is used in English and Italian.
Original ItalianCola
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gola goes back to Italian Gola, meaning “ravine.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Gola comes from Italian, and ultimately from Polish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1891. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gola through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 311
- 5 boys · 306 girls
- Most popular year
- 1914
- 18 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 5 in 1965. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 107 as a first name in 2020; 760 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.
Gola’s family of names
In Italian usage, Gola as a surname has a related form in Cola.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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