Yolanda

Where Yolanda comes from

From Spanish Yolanda, the form of a medieval royal name of obscure, probably Germanic, origin. It has been identified with Latin Violante and with Ancient Greek ἴον (íon, “violet”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”). Doublet of Yolande.
— Wiktionary's entry for Yolanda
  • Spanish
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1901
    First appearance
    #1,136 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1961
    Yolanda Adams born
    American gospel singer
  3. 1971
    Yolanda Díaz born
    Spanish politician and lawyer
  4. 1972
    Peak, #89
    3,398 babies named Yolanda — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1981
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #177.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Spanish.
Namesakes
  • Yolanda Díaz · Spanish politician and lawyer, born 1971
  • Yolanda Adams · American gospel singer, born 1961
  • Yolanda Hadid · American television personality and former model, born 1964
  • Yolanda King · American activist, 1955–2007
  • Yolanda Griffith · American basketball player, born 1970

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.