Ola

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ola"

English

Etymology 1

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Proper noun

Ola

1. A female given name used in the U.S. in the end of the nineteenth century.

Etymology 2

Various origins:

• Borrowed from Yoruba Ọlá. Ọlá is an extremely common prefix for Yoruba names (and serves as a common form of shortened names), coming from ọlá (“honor”)
• Borrowed from Spanish Ola, a habitational surname from Basque ola (“forge”).

Proper noun

Ola (plural Olas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ola is the 37076^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 602 individuals. Ola is most common among Black/African American (33.55%), White (28.41%), Hispanic/Latino (18.94%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (17.77%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ola”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• AOL, LOA, Lao, Loa, OAL, loa

Norwegian

Etymology

Medieval Norwegian vernacular form of Olav (as compared to the originally Danish Ole).

Proper noun

Ola

1. a male given name

Usage notes

• The most common given name of men in Norway in the 17th and 18th century.

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 230 males with the given name Ola living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Polish

Etymology

Back-formation from Aleksandra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.la/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Syllabification: O‧la

Proper noun

Ola f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Aleksandra

Declension

Declension of Ola

	singular	plural
nominative	Ola	Ole
genitive	Oli	Ol
dative	Oli	Olom
accusative	Olę	Ole
instrumental	Olą	Olami
locative	Oli	Olach
vocative	Olu	Ole

Further reading

• Ola in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Ola c (genitive Olas)

1. a male given name derived from Olaf or Olof

Usage notes

One of the rare male given names that ends in A.

See also

• Gösta
• Noa