🔥Nola

Gaelic

"white shoulder"

Nola Origin and Meaning

The name Nola is a girl's name of Gaelic, Latin origin meaning "white shoulder".

Nola, a name with a sleek, enigmatic quality, was used for the much-pursued heroine of Spike Lee's 1986 breakout film, She's Gotta Have It, and again by Woody Allen in Match Point. It's a short form of the traditional Irish name Fionnuala. Nola reentered the US Top 1000 in 2008, for the first time in 50 years.

Nola is also a place name of an Italian town, associated by ecclesiastical tradition with the invention of church bells, leading some to give that as the meaning of the name.

Speaking of the map, Nola could also come from New Orleans, Louisiana, for which NOLA is a frequent acronym. This association lends the name a potentially Southern feel.

Nola Rank in US Top 1000

# 766 in the US

Nola Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 399 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Nola

• 766 US 2024
• 399 Nameberry 2025
• 558 Future 2028
• 226 England 2024
• 96 Netherlands 2024

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Famous People Named Nola

• Nola Jo Fairbanks American actress
• Nola Bethwynn Marino Australian MP
• Nola Rae Australian,British mime artist
• Nola Amanda Glenn (b. 2012) daughter of TV anchor Fredricka Whitfield and John Glenn; twin brother Gilbert James
• Nola Hatterman Dutch actress and painter

The name Nola in Pop Culture

• Nola Rice character in film "Match Point"
• Nola Darling character in film "She's Gotta Have It"
• "Nola " 2003 film and its main character
• Nola Longshadow character on TV series "Banshee"
• Nola Falacci character on TV series "Law and Order: Criminal Intent"
• Nola Reardon Chamberlain character on American soap "Guiding Light"
• Nola character in "Mean Spirit" by Linda Hogan
• Nola acronym for New Orleans, Louisiana
• Nola town in Italy where church bells were invented
• Nola Kellergan character in the novel “The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair” and the TV series with the same name.