Given name & surname
Voula
“day of preparation”
Voula is a feminine given name from Greek.
Original GreekΒούλα
Meaning & origin
What it means
Voula is a romanization of Βούλα. Βούλα is a diminutive of Παρασκευή. Παρασκευή means “day of preparation.”
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
Voula through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 64
- 0 boys · 64 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 12 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 7 in 1980. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 387 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.
Voula’s family of names
In Greek usage, Voula as a surname is a transliteration of Βούλα.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Voula
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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