Yolanda (name)

Yolanda is a female given name from Western Europe and North America, derived from the Greek name Iolanthe meaning "Violet" (the flower). In German and Dutch the name is spoken similarly but traditionally spelled Jolanda, and in Italian, Portuguese and Romanian Iolanda. Yolonda is an African-American spelling of the name. Cognates are the Czech and Slovak Jolantha and the Polish Jolanta.

Notable people and characters named Yolanda include:

Yolanda

Yolanda of Flanders (1175–1219), ruler of the Latin Empire in Constantinople
Yolanda of Vianden (1231–1283), prioress of Marienthal, Luxembourg, granddaughter of the former
Yolanda (or Violant) of Hungary (1215–1253), queen consort of James I of Aragon
Yolanda of Hungary (1235–1298), daughter of Béla IV of Hungary, niece of the former
Yolanda of Savoy (1901–1986), Italian princess
Yolanda, an alias of Symbionese Liberation Army member Emily Harris
Yolanda Adams (born 1961), American gospel singer
Yolanda Andrade, Mexican photographer
Yolanda Andrade (born 1970), Mexican television personality
Yolanda Bako (born 1946), American activist against domestic violence
Yolanda Bejarano (born 1974/1975), American union organizer
YolanDa Brown (born 1982), British saxophonist
Yolanda Brown, American singer
Yolanda Bonnell (born 1965), Canadian actress and playwright
Yolanda Cabrera (born 1959), Mexican artist
Yolanda Caballero (born 1982), Colombian long-distance runner
Yolanda Carenzo (1902–1968), Argentinian pianist
Yolanda Casazza (1908–1995), American dancer of the Veloz and Yolanda ballroom dancing team
Yolanda Charles, British musician
Yolanda Chen (born 1961), Russian athlete
Yolanda Ciani (1938–2023), Mexican actress
Yolanda Cuomo, American artist, educator, and art director
Yolanda Díaz (born 1971), Spanish politician
Yolanda Foster (born 1964), Dutch American television personality
Yolanda George-David, Nigerian medical doctor
Yolanda Griffith (born 1970), American basketballer
Yolanda Hadid (born 1964), American television personality and model
Yolanda Hamilton (footballer) (born 1987), Jamaican footballer
Yolanda van Heezik, New Zealand professor of zoology
Yolanda Henry (born 1964), American track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump
Yolanda Jones (born 1984), Puerto Rican basketballer
Yolanda Khanyile (born 2005), South African Creative and Genius
Yolanda King (1955–2007), oldest child of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King
Yolanda Klug (born 1995/1996), missing German who disappeared in 2019
Yolanda Kondonassis (born 1963), American classical harpist
Yolanda Marculescu (1923–1992), Romanian opera singer
Yolanda Martín (born 1954), Spanish boccia player
Yolanda McClean, Canadian library technician and trade unionist
Yolanda Mero-Irion (1887–1963), Hungarian-American pianist, opera and theatre impresario, and philanthropist
Yolanda Mohalyi (1909–1978), Hungarian-born Brazilian painter and stained glass artist
Yolanda Moore (born 1974), American basketballer and post-game radio analyst
Yolanda Murphy (1925–2016), American cultural anthropologist, co-author of Women of the Forest
Yolanda Ortíz (diver) (born 1978), Cuban diver
Yolanda Panek (1974–1995), American murder victim
Yolanda Pantin (born 1954), Venezuelan poet and children's writer
Yolanda Quijano (born 1933), Mexican painter and sculptor
Yolanda Hill Robinson, Second Lady of North Carolina
Yolanda Saldívar (born 1960), American convicted murderer
Yolanda Soares (born 1961), Portuguese singer and songwriter
Yolanda Sonnabend (1935–2015), British theatre and ballet designer and painter
Yolanda Tortolero (died 2021), Venezuelan politician
Yolanda Toussieng (born 1949), makeup artist
Yolanda Vega (presenter) (born 1955), American television presenter. Notably New York State Lottery 1990-2022

Fictional characters

Yolanda (Black Lagoon)
Yolanda Hamilton (The Young and the Restless)
Yolanda Montez, DC Comics' Wildcat
Yolanda, a character in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction

Yolanda

Fictional characters

See also