Iola
eye-OH-lah (Greek), YO-la (Welsh)
Greek or Welsh
"violet; beautiful lady"Iola Origin and Meaning
The name Iola is girl's name of Spanish, Greek origin meaning "violet; beautiful lady".
Isla is hot, Iona is cool – maybe it's time Iola got a second look? Last heard from on Carol Burnett's Mama's Family show, Iola feels like just the sort of uncommon, vowel-rich, vintage name that should be ripe for rediscovery.
Iola Popularity
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Iola in Pop Culture
- Iola Mortoncharacter from the Hardy Boys book series
- Iola Leroy (1892)one of the first novels by an African,American woman – Frances Harper
- Iola \YOlah\ is used in Wales as a feminine form of Iolo (a pet form of Iorwerth)
- Iola Stovercharacter in the musical Parade by Jason Robert Brown
- Iola Blackcharacter in the Harry Potter series
- Iola Boylancharacter on the sitcom Mama's Family
- Iolaa temple priestess in Andrzej Sapkowski Witcher novels