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Girl · Uncertain; spread through Hungarian literature
Jolán
Say it: YOH-lahn
Meaning
Used as the Hungarian form of Yolande, whose origin is uncertain; András Dugonics popularized the form Jolánka in an 1803 novel and linked it to Hungarian jó 'good', which is a literary association rather than an etymology.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Common in Hungary in the decades around 1900 and rarely given today.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 373 babies given this name since 1916
- At its height in 2010, about 1 in 136,900 boys
- 10 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jolánka
| Spanish | Yolanda |
|---|---|
| French | Yolande |
Famous bearers
- Yolanda of Hungary, 13th-century princess and queen of Aragon
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.