Meaning of the nameIolanda
- Female
- I-o-lan-da
Iolanda is a female name, the Portuguese form of Yolanda, a medieval royal name of obscure origin, perhaps Germanic, also linked to Violante and to the violet.
Meaning
The meaning of Iolanda is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 41,850
- Rank in Brazil
- #644
- Median age
- 59 years
- 2010 Census
- 54,423
- people
Iolanda in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Iolanda, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (8,619 people).
41,665 women 185 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Iolanda is most common
States with the highest share of people named Iolanda in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.034%
- Sergipe 0.028%
- Paraná 0.026%
- Goiás 0.025%
- Distrito Federal 0.025%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 8,634 | 0.019% |
| Minas Gerais | 4,640 | 0.023% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 3,650 | 0.034% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 3,199 | 0.020% |
| Paraná | 3,007 | 0.026% |
| Bahia | 2,897 | 0.021% |
| Goiás | 1,758 | 0.025% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,660 | 0.022% |
| Pernambuco | 1,478 | 0.016% |
| Maranhão | 1,349 | 0.020% |
| Ceará | 1,248 | 0.014% |
| Pará | 1,148 | 0.014% |
| Paraíba | 790 | 0.020% |
| Piauí | 747 | 0.023% |
| Distrito Federal | 689 | 0.025% |
| Mato Grosso | 634 | 0.017% |
| Sergipe | 625 | 0.028% |
| Espírito Santo | 615 | 0.016% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 612 | 0.019% |
| Amazonas | 538 | 0.014% |
| Alagoas | 508 | 0.016% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 499 | 0.018% |
| Tocantins | 348 | 0.023% |
| Rondônia | 269 | 0.017% |
| Acre | 149 | 0.018% |
| Roraima | 92 | 0.014% |
| Amapá | 67 | 0.009% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Iolanda
Behind the Name gives Iolanda as the Portuguese form of Yolanda, which would come from the medieval French Yolande, probably a form of Violante and thus from the Latin viola, 'violet', or else of Germanic origin. Wiktionary describes Yolanda as a medieval royal name of obscure origin, probably Germanic, which has been identified with Violante and with the Greek íon, 'violet', and ánthos, 'flower'. For that reason, the meaning of Iolanda is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 41,850 people named Iolanda, with a median age of 59. The name is almost always female and, proportionally, most common in Rio Grande do Sul; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Hiolanda and Iolanda among the spelling variants of Yolanda.
Spelling with I, the most common in the group and the one that Wiktionary gives as the Portuguese form.
Other spellings of Iolanda
Sources
- Wiktionary: Iolanda · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Yolanda · behindthename.com · origin
- Wiktionary: Yolanda · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Yolanda · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Iolanda
What does the name Iolanda mean?
The meaning of Iolanda is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Iolanda in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 41,850 people with the first name Iolanda, which ranks it number 644 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Iolanda a boy's or a girl's name?
Iolanda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 41,665 women and 185 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Iolanda most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.034% of the state's population is named Iolanda (3,650 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Iolanda?
Yolanda and Hiolanda. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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