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Unfortunately this name was first introduced to me due to it's tie to the fate of the music artist Selena, so Yolanda did not have a good start through me, and the connotation has stuck for the rest of my life.
I'm happy that you like it though, it's good to get some more X, Y, Z names out there and keep them afloat.

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That being said, I can never resist a call to make some first and middle combos.

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Yolanda Meredith
Yolanda Raven
Yolanda Guinevere
Yolanda Ruth
Yolanda Pearl
Yolanda Estelle
Yolanda Simone

Alright, this is probably not fair.

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But this is a name I, for a long time, only encountered in elementary school math textbook word problems and elementary school readers. It seemed like every other word problem was about a girl named Yolanda - sometimes Yolonda, and sometimes Jolanda.

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It's so hard for me to actually think of it as a real name, even though there's nothing actually wrong with it at all.

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I just can't picture it on a human.

Alright, this is probably not fair.

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But this is a name I, for a long time, only encountered in elementary school math textbook word problems and elementary school readers. It seemed like every other word problem was about a girl named Yolanda - sometimes Yolonda, and sometimes Jolanda.

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It's so hard for me to actually think of it as a real name, even though there's nothing actually wrong with it at all.

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I just can't picture it on a human.

I like the association with the flower. Yolanda has a distinguished sound and a pretty look on paper, but, unfortunately, it's dated in my country.

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Yolanda Beatrice
Yolanda Charlotte
Yolanda Elaine
Yolanda Felicity
Yolanda Genevieve
Yolanda Imogen
Yolanda Jeanette
Yolanda Katherine
Yolanda Millicent
Yolanda Odette
Yolanda Primrose
Yolanda Rosalie
Yolanda Therese
Yolanda Vivienne
Yolanda Winifred

This message was edited 6/8/2025, 3:31 AM

I really like Yolanda because the meaning is very beautiful and also associated with the flower and color violet.

I want to like Yolanda, it seems like a name I would like, but I just don't like it. There's something about the -anda sound that bugs me.

I like it a lot. It feels joyfully eccentric. I know violets are associated with modesty but Yolanda is a very loud and proud sort of name to me, which is why I like it so much.

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Yolanda Janine
Yolanda Lucille
Yolanda Charisse
Yolanda Delphine
Yolanda Leonora
Yolanda Suzette
Yolanda Irene
Yolanda Colette
Yolanda Sandrine
Yolanda June
Yolanda Celine

I'm sorry, not one of my favorites :(.

Love it!

I think it's a fun name, bright and lively (and not modest at all!) but not one I'd want for myself or to give.
In the US, Yolanda is mainly considered a name for black women, and as such it peaked and then faded away very fast.
However, Wikipedia tells me that in the 1940s and 1950s, there was a popular ballroom dancing duo on TV and such called Yolanda and Fabio. They were white.

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Yolanda Grace

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Yolanda Jean

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Yolanda Rose

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Yolanda Sophia

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Yolanda Jasmine

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Yolanda Joy

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Yolanda Paige

I quite like it. Wouldn't use it myself, but wouldn't reject it either. I prefer the -a ending, becuse it makes the pronunciation obvious.

I love the meaning. Violets are my daughters' birth flower. As for the name itself, I associate it with a 50-something accountant. Not a negative association per se, but I find it hard to imagine on a little one.