At a Glance: Name: Ola – Meaning: wealth, honor (Yoruba ọlá); also 'to rise, be exalted' (Arabic) and a Scandinavian short form of Olaf ('ancestor's relic') – Origin: Yoruba; also Arabic and Scandinavian (multiple independent origins) – Pronunciation: OH-lah
Ola is a Yoruba; also Arabic and Scandinavian (multiple independent origins) name meaning “wealth, honor (Yoruba ọlá); also 'to rise, be exalted' (Arabic) and a Scandinavian short form of Olaf ('ancestor's relic')”. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Ola
Meaning: Wealth, honor (Yoruba ọlá); also 'to rise, be exalted' (Arabic) and a Scandinavian short form of Olaf ('ancestor's relic').
Origin: Yoruba; also Arabic and Scandinavian (multiple independent origins).
A common claim: ancestor's relic Actually: That gloss belongs only to the Scandinavian short-form-of-Olaf sense; the listicle mislabeled the origin as generically 'Old Norse' without noting the name's several unrelated origins, including the more common Yoruba 'wealth/honor' sense.
Source: Wiktionary, Wikipedia.
How to Pronounce Ola
Phonetic: OH-lah IPA: /ˈoʊlɑː/
Popularity of Ola
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1880–2024.
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