Given name
Yolande
“resembling the violet flower; modest”
Yolande is a variant of Yolanda. One Greek interpretation is “resembling the violet flower; modest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yolande is a variant of Yolanda. One Greek interpretation is “resembling the violet flower; modest.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Germanic, although the derivation remains uncertain.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1902. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yolande through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,620
- 0 boys · 1,620 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 40 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1997. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 40 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,505 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.
Yolande’s family of names
Yolande has an affectionate form in Jola. In English usage, Yolande shares an earlier linguistic root with Yolanda. In English usage, Yolande has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Jolanta.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Yolande has relatives in 14 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
12 related names in 14 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 19
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 Yolande
- Yolande MoreauBelgian actress, film director and screenwriterborn 1953
- Yolande of ValoisDuchess of Savoy1434–1478
- Yolande of NeversCountess suo jure of Nevers (1247-1280)
- Yolande Louise of SavoyDuchess of Savoy1487–1499
- Yolande of Dreux, Duchess of BurgundyDuchess Consort of Burgundy1212–1248
- Yolande FoxAmerican singer, model, activist1928–2016
- Jolande SapDutch former politicianborn 1963
- Yolande BeekmanFrench SOE agent (1911–1944)
- Yolande MukagasanaRwandan writer, nurse, and survivor of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi.born 1954
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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