Given name
Jolan
“resembling a violet flower”
Jolan is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “resembling a violet flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “resembling a violet flower.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jolan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 420
- 286 boys · 134 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,274 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,274 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 4.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 603 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.
Jolan’s family of names
Jolan shares a linguistic root with Yolande. Jolan has a related form in Jolanta. Jolan shares a linguistic root with Jolanda.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Jolavariant
- Jolanavariant
- Jolantavariant
- Jolainevariant
- Jolonvariant
- Jolannlikely variant
- Jolannavariant
- Jolankavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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