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Yolanda is a girl name meaning "violet".
Pronunciation: Spanish /ɟ͡ʝo.ˈlan.da/; American English /joʊ.ˈlɑn.də/; British English /jəʊ.ˈlɒn.də/.
Meaning and history
This name comes from the medieval French name Yolande, which was probably a form of the name Violante, which was itself a derivative of Latin viola "violet". Alternatively it could be of Germanic origin. This name was borne by a 12th-century empress of the Latin Empire in Constantinople, who was originally from Flanders. It was also used by her descendants in the royal families of Hungary (spelled Jolánta ) and Spain (sometimes spelled Violante ). The Blessed Yolanda of Poland was a daughter of Béla IV of Hungary who married a Polish duke. It was also borne by Yolanda of Vianden, a 13th-century countess from Luxembourg who joined a convent against her parents' wishes, later becoming the subject of medieval legend. Another notable bearer was a 15th-century duchess of Lorraine, the subject of the opera Iolanta (1892) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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Usage: spanish, english