Joela

given name · Latin script

Meaning: weibl. Vom., weibliche Form von

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/xoela/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Joela is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ALAlbania1 in 31K(measured from records)
  • CVCape Verde≈1 in 132K
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 237K

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.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈460 people, est.

Sources
38 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 31K (inferred from the name graph)

Albania

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

weibl. Vom., weibliche Form von

Sources 1

  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Joela 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.

Where Joela is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines—≈460 est.≈1 in 237K—Joela10
US United States—1581 in 2.1M153Joela38
BR Brazil—1081 in 2M127Joela26
AL Albania—991 in 31K99——
AR Argentina—≈97 est.≈1 in 471K2Joela23
NL Netherlands—501 in 346K50—1
FI Finland—211 in 265K72—1
CV Cape Verde#827≈4 est.≈1 in 132K—Joela3

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: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Joela is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name28 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Philippines, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Jola, Jolae, Joëla, Joe-La, Jo-La

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Congo - Kinshasa, Belgium, United States

    Also written Joëla, Joèla, Joéla

  • Estonian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia

    Languages: Estonian, Finnish

    Also written Jõela, Joëla

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Jõela

  • Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Joëla

  • Swahili given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Congo - Kinshasa, Philippines, United States

    Also written Joëla

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHola Joela,Hi Joela, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 38 sources across 23 countries.

Official registers attesting Joela
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020153#44,078
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—127#19,055
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2022108—
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—106#35,306
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—104#39,099
AL AlbaniaINSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts)—99#2,898
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)199085—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)198043—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)198042—
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—41#7,222
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—33#14,865
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—30#12,478

Reference works 1

  • 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 Joela mean, and where does it come from?
weibl. Vom., weibliche Form von Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen.
How do you pronounce Joela?
A machine transcription gives /xoela/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Joela a male or female name?
Joela 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.
In which country does Joela have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 460 people named Joela in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled joela.
Where is Joela most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Joela is densest in Albania — about 1 in 31 thousand people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Joela?
In the United States, the national register counted 158 people named Joela in 2020, about 1 in 2.1 million residents.
How common is Joela compared with other names?
In Cape Verde, Joela is the 827th most common given name of 878 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, “Joela” — the 827th most common given name in Cape Verde. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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