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Ola
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Appendix:Variations of "ola"
English
+ (given name)
Etymology 1
en
Proper noun
en female used in the U.S. in the end of the nineteenth century.
Derived terms
en Arizola
Etymology 2
+ (surname)
Various origins:
Borrowed from en yo Ọlá. Ọlá is an extremely common prefix for Yoruba names (and serves as a common form of shortened names), coming from yo ọlá honor
Borrowed from en es Ola, a habitational surname from en eu ola forge.
Proper noun
s
en.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Ola is the 37076th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 602 individuals. Ola is most common among Black/African American (33.55%), White (28.41%), Hispanic/Latino (18.94%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (17.77%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
en alo AOL LOA Lao Loa OAL loa
en surnames from Yoruba surnames from Basque surnames from Spanish
Norwegian
Etymology
Medieval Norwegian vernacular form of no Olav (as compared to the originally Danish no Ole).
Proper noun
no male
Usage notes
The most common given name of men in Norway in the 17th and 18th century.
References
Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7
Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 230 males with the given name Ola living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Polish
Etymology
pl :clipping Aleksandra + 1
Pronunciation
Pl-Ola.ogg
Proper noun
f
pl female Aleksandra
Declension
<f.vocu.genpl->
Further reading
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Ola.wav
Proper noun
c
sv male derived from Olaf or Olof
Usage notes
One of the rare male given names that ends in A.
See also
sv Gösta
sv Noa