Given name
Jolanta
“resembling a violet flower”
Jolanta is a variant of Jolan. One Greek interpretation is “resembling a violet flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jolanta is a variant of Jolan. One Greek interpretation is “resembling a violet flower.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jolanta is a variant of Jolan. An origin associated with Jolan is Greek. In Polish use, Jolanta shares an earlier linguistic root with Yolande. A possible origin is Germanic, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jolanta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 58
- 0 boys · 58 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 13 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 8 in 1985. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,308 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.
Jolanta’s family of names
In Polish usage, Jolanta has a diminutive in Jola. In Estonian usage, Jolanta shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form Yolanda. In Polish usage, Jolanta has a conventional equivalent in the English form Yolande.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jolanta has relatives in 9 languages.
12 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Yolandacognate · English, Spanish
- Jolanaequivalent
- Jolitaequivalent
- Yolandecognate · French, English
- Jolandacognate
- Iolandacognate · Italian
- Iolantaequivalent
- JolántaHungarian
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People named Jolanta
- Jolanta LothePolish actress (1942–2022)
- Jolanta Ogar-HillPolish sailorborn 1982
- Jolanta Szymanek-DereszPolish politician (1954-2010)
- Jolanta ZawadzkaPolish chess playerborn 1987
- Jolanta PolikevičiūtėLithuanian cyclistborn 1970
- Jolanta FedakPolish politician1960–2020
- Jolanta FraszyńskaPolish actressborn 1968
- Jolanta DičkutėLithuanian politicianborn 1970
- Jolanta Wadowska-KrólPolish pediatrician (1939–2023)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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