Zolah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zolah by the numbers

Zolah was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Zolah

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Zolah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Zolaball of earth or soil236 in the US (2017)
  • Zorahblooming flower; a form of Zara4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zilahshade; shadow10 in the US (2017)
  • Zelahshadow or rib; biblical place name6 in the US (2017)
  • Zoyahlife; a form of Zoe6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zylah87 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Zolah

Names that are said the same way as Zolah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Zoilalife; a form of zoë14 in the US (2017)
  • Xolapeace10 in the US (2017)

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