English
Yolanda
Yolanda comes from Spanish Yolanda.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentYolanda
- Englishearliest quotation 1969same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentYolanda
- Englishearliest quotation 1969same form
Earliest quotation: 1969, Coretta Scott King, My Life with Martin Luther King: “I chose the name Yolanda Denise, but my husband…”
The story
It has been identified with Latin Violante and with Ancient Greek ἴον (íon, “violet”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).
Every English word from Spanish Yolanda
Today it means
name A female given name from Spanish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish Yolanda / Yolanda