Yolande
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Yolande is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Cameroon than in any other country, where it is the 77th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Of uncertain origin. It is found in Old French in this form, and may be ultimately of Germanic origin, but if so it has been altered beyond recognition.
- CMCameroon≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 3.8K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 6.1K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Cameroon (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 267 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈26,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Cameroon, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Of uncertain origin. It is found in Old French in this form, and may be ultimately of Germanic origin, but if so it has been altered beyond recognition. It is also sometimes identified with the name of St Jolenta (d. 1298), daughter of the king of Hungary. Variant: Yolanda (Latinate).
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Yolande counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM Cameroon | #77 | ≈26,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Yolande | 30 |
| FR France | #508 | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.8K | 54K | Yolande | 267 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈9,300 est. | ≈1 in 6.1K | — | Yolande | 53 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈6,000 est. | ≈1 in 17K | 3 | Yolande | 16 |
| US United States | — | 2,505 | 1 in 133K | 2.5K | Yolande | 186 |
| BE Belgium | #773 | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 6.1K | — | Yolande | 64 |
| LY Libya | #578 | ≈870 est. | ≈1 in 7.9K | — | Yolande | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Yolande is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Of uncertain origin. See main dictionary.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In French, Nom d’origine germanique, probablement « violette » ou lié à Yolanda.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, D’origine latine, signifie « violette ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Yolande of Dreux, Duchess of Burgundyb. 1213FRDuchess Consort of Burgundy
- Yolande II, Countess of Neversb. 1247FRCountess suo jure of Nevers (1247-1280)
- Irene of Montferratb. 1274ITnot in their usual nameByzantine empress
- Yolanda de Aragonb. 1384ESnot in their usual nameInfanta de Aragon, titular queen consort of Naples, French noble (1384-1442)
- Yolande of Anjoub. 1428FRDuchess of Lorraine
- Yolande de Franceb. 1434FRDuchess of Savoy
- Yolande Louise of Savoyb. 1487ITDuchess of Savoy
- Susannah Yorkb. 1939GBnot in their usual nameEnglish film, stage and television actress (1939–2011)
- Guesch Pattib. 1946FRnot in their usual nameFrench singer and dancer (1946–2026)
- Yolande Moreaub. 1953BEBelgian actress, film director and screenwriter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 52 sources across 33 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2002 | 54K | #2,561 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.5K | #6,416 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 15 | #6,416 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1997 | 5 | — |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names | — | 3 | #268 |
| FR France | Dictionnaire Généalogique des Prénoms (Athias, 2007) | — | — | — |
| FR France | Dictionary of French Prénoms (Benoist, 2009) | — | — | — |
| FR France | Le Grand Guide des Prénoms | — | — | — |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | WGND 2.0 — DR Congo given names | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Yolande mean, and where does it come from?
- Of uncertain origin. It is found in Old French in this form, and may be ultimately of Germanic origin, but if so it has been altered beyond recognition. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- Is Yolande a male or female name?
- Yolande is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Yolande?
- In the etymology graph, Yolanda, Jolanta and Iolanda are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Yolande have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 26 thousand people named Yolande in Cameroon, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yolande.
- How common is the name Yolande?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,505 people named Yolande in 2020, about 1 in 133 thousand residents.
- How common is Yolande compared with other names?
- In Cameroon, Yolande is the 77th most common given name of 9,064 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yolande” — the 77th most common given name in Cameroon. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.