# Yolande (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/yolande/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,620 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,620 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 17, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Yolande. Doublet of Yolanda.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 18 | 3,772 |
| 1976 | 16 | 4,153 |
| 1977 | 15 | 4,650 |
| 1978 | 17 | 4,240 |
| 1979 | 14 | 5,090 |
| 1980 | 11 | 6,316 |
| 1981 | 15 | 4,961 |
| 1982 | 7 | 9,225 |
| 1983 | 9 | 7,303 |
| 1984 | 5 | 12,167 |
| 1986 | 5 | 12,818 |
| 1989 | 6 | 12,350 |
| 1993 | 5 | 15,770 |
| 1994 | 5 | 15,724 |
| 1997 | 5 | 16,120 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 1997 | 4 | 3,174 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 1999 | 4 | 3,225 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |

## In other languages

- Italian: Iolanda
- Latin: Iolanda
- Polish: Jolanta
- Portuguese: Iolanda
- Russian: Иола́нта
- Spanish: Yolanda
- Ukrainian: Іола́нта

## People named Yolande

- Yolande Moreau, Belgian actress, film director and screenwriter
- Yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy
- Yolande II, Countess of Nevers, Countess suo jure of Nevers (1247-1280)
- Yolande of Anjou, Duchess of Lorraine
- Yolande Louise of Savoy, Duchess of Savoy
- Yolande of Dreux, Duchess of Burgundy, Duchess Consort of Burgundy
- Yolande Fox, American singer, model, activist
- Yolande Beekman, French SOE agent (1911–1944)
- Yolande of Brittany, French noble
- Yolande Mabika, Brazilian judokate of Congolese origin
- Yolande of Châtillon, (1221-1254)
- Yolande Donlan, American actress (1920-2014)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.