Iolanthe

Gender: Female Pronunciation: yo-lan-thuh Meaning of Iolanthe: "violet flower" Origin of Iolanthe: Greek

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Iolanthe Origin and Meaning

The name Iolanthe is a girl's name of French, Greek origin meaning "violet flower".

Iolanthe is known primarily through the1882 Gilbert & Sullivan operetta of that name, in which the title character is a fairy. Iolanthe is a softer version of Yolanda, and is the kind of multi-syllabic classical name once considered too weighty for a modern baby girl, but now within the realm of possibility--this one as a dramatic twist on Violet

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"Iolanthe; or, The Peer and the Peri," comic opera by Gilbert & Sullivan
Iolanthe, character in play "King René’s Daughter" by Henrik Hertz, based on Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine
Iolanthe, coven name Sydney Sage chooses in Richelle Mead's "Bloodlines" series
Iolanthe Peverell, character in J.K. Rowling's "The Potter Family"