Given name
Theola
“one who is divine; godly”
Theola is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “one who is divine; godly.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one who is divine; godly.”
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 1895. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Theola through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,099
- 0 boys · 2,099 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 82 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 1983. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 82 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 641 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.
Theola’s family of names
Theola has a related form in Theone. Theola has a related form in Theona. Theola has a related form in Theolah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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