Given name
Yolanda
“resembling the violet flower; modest”
Yolanda is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “resembling the violet flower; modest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “resembling the violet flower; modest.”
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 1901. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yolanda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 113,455
- 537 boys · 112,918 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 3,782 babies
- 2025
- 49
- #3,248 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 49 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,248 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 37.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 3,771 in 1969. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 135,779 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.
Yolanda’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Yolanda has a diminutive in Yoli. In Spanish usage, Yolanda shares a linguistic root with the Estonian form Jolanta. Yolanda has a related form in Yolonda.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Yolanda has relatives in 17 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
16 related names in 17 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 24
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 16
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Yolanda
- Yolanda DíazSpanish politician and lawyer (born 1971)
- Yolanda AdamsAmerican gospel singerborn 1961
- Yolanda HadidAmerican television personality and former modelborn 1964
- Yolanda KingAmerican activist (1955-2007)
- Yolanda GriffithAmerican basketball player (born 1970)
- Yola RamírezMexican tennis player1935–2025
- Yolanda SolerSpanish judokaborn 1972
- Yo-YoAmerican rapperborn 1971
- Yolanda Barcinapresident of Gobierno de Navarraborn 1960
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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