Given name

Zolah

“a piece of earth”·“one who is quiet and tranquil”

Zolah is a variant of Zola. Interpretations include “a piece of earth” and “one who is quiet and tranquil”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Zolah is a variant of Zola. Interpretations include “a piece of earth” and “one who is quiet and tranquil”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Zolah through the years

Babies since 1880
74
0 boys · 74 girls
Most popular year
2019
11 babies
2025
9
#10,914 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−38%
Cooling
024682025Highest share 20195.6
Zolah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2013–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,914 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 2019.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Zolah’s family of names

Zolah has a related form in Zola.

Walk Zolah’s family in the name graph

ZolahZola

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Zolah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Zahlia

14Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Zenayla

14Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Zamaya

22RareEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Zaharah

16Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Zainah

“a beautiful woman”

15Very rareSteady

>99% girls

Modern

Zulai

“one who is brilliant; from the town of Zula”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Zoli

“sultan”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jamylah

21RareSteady

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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