Yolanda
About Yolanda
Bold and distinctive, Yolanda is a floral name that doesn't sound frilly or delicate. Ultimately deriving from the Greek words ioles meaning "violet" and anthos meaning "flower", it appears in a variety of forms internationally, including Jolanda, Jolanta, Iolanthe, Iolanta, Iolanda, and Jolana.
While some may associate Yolanda with Quentin Tarantino's crime movie, Pulp Fiction or with reality TV personality, Yolanda Hadid, Yolanda has also been borne by several members of European royalty, and by activist Yolanda King, gospel singer Yolanda Adams, and presenter Yolanda Vega.
Pronounced yo-LAN-da; yo-LAHN-duh.
As of October 2026, Yolanda ranked #3248 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #89 in 1972, Nameberry popularity #765.
Editor's take: The name Yolanda is a girl's name of Spanish, Greek origin meaning "violet flower".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,713 | 123 | 68.9 |
| 2015 | #1,881 | 109 | 61.1 |
| 2016 | #2,015 | 99 | 55.9 |
| 2017 | #1,827 | 113 | 65.5 |
| 2018 | #2,023 | 97 | 57 |
| 2019 | #2,214 | 84 | 50 |
| 2020 | #2,626 | 65 | 40.2 |
| 2021 | #3,067 | 54 | 32.9 |
| 2022 | #3,070 | 54 | 32.9 |
| 2023 | #2,848 | 60 | 37.4 |
| 2024 | #2,591 | 68 | 42 |
| 2025 | #3,248 | 49 | 30.5 |
World rankings
Similar names
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Yolanda on lists
Famous Yolandas
- Yolanda Moore
Actress, Model
- Yolanda de Courtenay
Queen Consort of Andrew II of Hungary
- Yolanda of Flanders
ruler of the Latin Empire in Constantinople for her son Philip of Namur
- Yolanda Yvette Adams
American gospel singer
- Yolanda Evette Griffith
American basketball player
- Yolanda Whitaker aka Yo
Yo, American rapper
- Yolanda Rivera
mother of actress Naya Rivera
- Yolanda Denise King
daughter of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr
- Yolanda Lopez
American painter
- Yolanda Soares
Portuguese pop/classical singer
- Yolandi Visser
South African rapper
- Yolanda Hadid
American,Dutch television personality
- Yolanda Gampp
Canadian cake artist and Youtuber
- Yolanda Walmsley
American reality TV personality, mother of Elliana Walmsley
Yolanda in pop culture
- Yolanda
alias used by 'Saffron' on TV's "Firefly"
- Yolanda "Yoli" Vargas
character in movie "Gotta Kick It Up!"
- Yolanda Garcia
character in "How the Garcia Girls lost their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
- Yolanda
song by Pablo Milanez
- Yolanda Be Cool
Australian band
- Yolanda Yewbeam
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
- Yolanda
character in "Young & Hungry"
Variations & nicknames
- JolanSpanish
- JolaPolish
- JolankaEastern European
- JolanteNorwegian
- JolanaCzech
- IolandeGreek
- JólanEastern European
- JolantaCzech
- IolandaGreek
- IolaSpanish
- IolantheFrench
- JolánHungarian
- JoliEastern European
- YoliSpanish
- YolaSpanish
- YolandeSwedish
- JolandeSwedish
- JolandaDanish