Given name
Iolanda
“resembling the violet flower; modest”·“resembling a violet flower”
In Portuguese use, Iolanda has a related form in Yolanda. One Greek interpretation is “resembling the violet flower; modest.” Iolanda is a variant of Iolanthe. One Greek interpretation is “resembling a violet flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Portuguese use, Iolanda has a related form in Yolanda. One Greek interpretation is “resembling the violet flower; modest.” Iolanda is a variant of Iolanthe. One Greek interpretation is “resembling a violet flower.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Portuguese use, Iolanda has a related form in Yolanda. An origin associated with Yolanda is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Iolanda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 64
- 0 boys · 64 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 10 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 7 in 1971. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 382 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Iolanda’s family of names
In Italian usage, Iolanda shares a linguistic root with the Estonian form Jolanta. In Portuguese usage, Iolanda has a related form in Yolanda. In Portuguese usage, Iolanda has a conventional equivalent in the English form Yolanda.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Iolanda has relatives in 8 languages.
6 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Iolanda
- DalidaEgyptian-French singer and actress (1933-1987)
- IolandaPortuguese singer-songwriterborn 1994
- Iolanda CinturaMozambican chemist and politicianborn 1972
- Iolanda ZúñigaSpanish writer, musicianborn 1975
- Jula De PalmaItalian singerborn 1931
- Iolanda BatalléCatalan writer, journalist, publisher and teacherborn 1971
- Iolanda OanțăRomanian athleteborn 1965
- Iolanda NanniItalian politician (1968-2018)
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