Given name
Jolana
“resembling a violet flower”
Jolana is a variant of Jolan. One Greek interpretation is “resembling a violet flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jolana is a variant of Jolan. One Greek interpretation is “resembling a violet flower.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jolana is a variant of Jolan. An origin associated with Jolan is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jolana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 76
- 0 boys · 76 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 8 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 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 231 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.
Jolana’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Jolana has a diminutive in Jola. In Czech usage, Jolana has a related form in Helena. Jolana has a related form in Jolan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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