Yolanda is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “violet and flower.” In 2024 it was given to 68 girls in the United States.
Yolanda at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Spanish · Portuguese
Meaning
“violet and flower”
About the name Yolanda
Yolanda belongs to the Spanish and Portuguese tradition. Its meaning — “violet and flower” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Yolanda first appears in Social Security records in 1901. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #89 in 1972, and in 2024 68 babies received the name — 112,863 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.