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Iola - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Iola

[ 3 syll. io-la, iol-a ] The girl name Iola is pronounced as ayOWLah KEY. Iola is used chiefly in the English language and its origin is Old Greek. Iola is a variant of the name Iole (English and Italian).

Iola is a rare baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1907, 0.050% of baby girls were given the name Iola. It was #265 in rank then. The baby name has suffered a steep fall in popularity since then, and is today of infrequent use. Out of all girl names in its family, Iola was nonetheless the most commonly used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Iola include Aaliyah (English), Alala (Greek), Alheli (Spanish), Alila (English), Aliya (Hebrew and Arabic), Aliyah (English and Arabic), Aliyya (Arabic), Aliyyah (Arabic), Aloha (Hawaiian), Alohi (Hawaiian), Ayala (Hebrew), Elia (English, French, Italian, and Hawaiian), Aalya (Arabic), Ailsa (Scottish), Ajla (Slavic), Alais (English), Alaula (Hawaiian), Alesia (English), Ali (English, Spanish, and Arabic), and Alie (Dutch and English).

KEY: Pronunciation for Iola: AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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