Iola
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning dawn cloud; violet colored dawn.
Iola by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Iola. In the US, 16 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 368 babies in 1918, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Iola. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Iola
Names that are said the same way as Iola, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the dawn
Like Iola, each of these has the dawn in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- Albadawn; white472 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zoradawn203 in the US (2017)
- Roxannedawn; a form of Roxana188 in the US (2017)
- Luceromorning star; bringer of light137 in the US (2017)
- Orianagolden or dawn; from Latin aureus28 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean the sky or heaven
Like Iola, each of these has the sky or heaven in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Iola
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