Yolanda (name)
Yolanda is a given name, of Greek origin, meaning Violet. The form of the name in Greek is Iolanthe. In German and Dutch the name is spelled Jolanda, in Czech and Slovak Jolantha, in Polish Jolanta, in Italian, Portuguese and Romanian Iolanda. The name is present in Arabic language with the same spelling as in Spanish language, where its written starting with "Y" but spelled "J". People with those names include:
- Yolanda of Flanders, a ruler of the Latin Empire in Constantinople
- Yolanda of Vianden, a 13th-century prioress of Marienthal, Luxembourg
- Yolanda (or Violant) of Hungary, Queen consort of James I of Aragon
- Yolanda of Hungary, daughter of Béla IV of Hungary
- Yolanda, an alias of Symbionese Liberation Army member Emily Harris
- Yolanda Adams, an American gospel singer
- YolanDa Brown, British award-winning contemporary saxophonist
- Yolanda Casazza (1908–1995), American dancer of the Veloz and Yolanda ballroom dancing team
- Yolanda King, (1955–2007), oldest child of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King
- Yolanda Kondonassis, an American classical harpist
- Yolanda Murphy is a cultural anthropologist who is the co-author of the classic anthropology text Women of the Forest
- Yolanda Ortíz, a Cuban diver
- Yolanda Foster, a Dutch American television personality
- Yolanda Saldívar, the murderer of singer Selena
- Yolanda Andrade, Mexican television personality
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