Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Yola isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yola through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 587
- 0 boys · 587 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 32 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 6 in 1983. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 32 in 1915. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 519 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.
Yola’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Yola has a diminutive in Yolaatje. In Dutch usage, Yola has a diminutive in Yolaatjes.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Yolandaequivalent
- Olaequivalent
- Iolaequivalent
- Jolaequivalent
- Yolandeequivalent
- Yolaineequivalent
- Yulaequivalent
- Yoleequivalent
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People named Yola
- Yola RamírezMexican tennis player1935–2025
- Yola MgogwanaSouth African climate activistborn 2008
- Yola BerrocalSpanish media personalityborn 1970
- Yola Semedorenowned Angolan singerborn 1978
- Yola MamaniBolivian activistborn 1984
- Yola PolastriPeruvian actress, singer and songwriter (1950–2024)
- Yola AraújoAngolan singerborn 1978
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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