Given name
Iole
“of the violet-colored dawn”
Iole is a variant of Iola. One Greek interpretation is “of the violet-colored dawn.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Iole is a variant of Iola. One Greek interpretation is “of the violet-colored dawn.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Iole is a variant of Iola. An origin associated with Iola is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Iole through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 0 boys · 18 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 6 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 1925. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 125 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.
Iole’s family of names
Iole has a related form in Iola. In English usage, Iole has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Иола.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Iole
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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