Yolanda (name)

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Yolanda is a female 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. People with those names include:

• Yolanda of Flanders (1175–1219), ruler of the Latin Empire in Constantinople
• Yolanda of Vianden (1231–1283), 13th-century prioress of Marienthal, Luxembourg
• Yolanda (or Violant) of Hungary (1215–1253), 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 (born 1961), American gospel singer
• Yolanda Andrade (born 1970), Mexican television personality
• Yolanda Bako (born 1946), activist against domestic violence
• YolanDa Brown (born 1982), British saxophonist
• Yolanda Cabrera, 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 Chen (born 1961), Russian athlete
• Yolanda Foster, Dutch American television personality
• Yolanda Griffith (born 1970), American basketballer
• 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 King (1955–2007), oldest child of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King
• Yolanda Kondonassis (born 1963), American classical harpist
• Yolanda Mero-Irion, 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 (born 1925), cultural anthropologist, co-author of Women of the Forest
• Yolanda Ortíz (born 1978), Cuban diver
• Yolanda Quijano, Mexican painter and sculptor
• Yolanda Saldívar (born 1960), American convicted murderer
• Yolanda Soares, 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

See also[]

• Yolanda (disambiguation)

Fictional[]

• Yolanda (Black Lagoon)
• Yolanda Hamilton (The Young and the Restless)
• Yolanda Montez DC Comics' Wildcat

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