Ola is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “surmount.” In 2024 it was given to 16 girls in the United States.
Ola belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “surmount” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Olaf.
In the United States, Ola first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #140 in 1886, and in 2024 16 babies received the name — 29,637 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Ola means “surmount” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Ola is a girl name. In 2024, 16 babies received the name in the US.
Ola comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition. It is also spelled Olaf.
Ola first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #140 in 1886, and 16 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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