Given name
Yolonda
“resembling the violet flower; modest”
Yolonda is a variant of Yolanda. One Greek interpretation is “resembling the violet flower; modest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yolonda is a variant of Yolanda. One Greek interpretation is “resembling the violet flower; modest.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yolonda 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 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yolonda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,874
- 0 boys · 3,874 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 188 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 5 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 188 in 1972. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,190 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.
Yolonda’s family of names
Yolonda has a related form in Yolanda.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Yolonda
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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