Given name
Yolette
“resembling the violet flower; modest”
Yolette is a variant of Yolanda. One Greek interpretation is “resembling the violet flower; modest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yolette is a variant of Yolanda. One Greek interpretation is “resembling the violet flower; modest.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yolette is a variant of Yolanda. An origin associated with Yolanda is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yolette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 115
- 0 boys · 115 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 14 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 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 822 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.
Yolette’s family of names
Yolette has a related form in Yolanda.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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