Zola is a girl's name of African origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 221 girls in the United States.
Zola belongs to the African tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Zola first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #365 in 1895, and in 2024 221 babies received the name — 9,117 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Zola is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its African origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Zola is a girl name. In 2024, 221 babies received the name in the US.
Zola comes from the African tradition.
Zola first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #365 in 1895, and 221 babies were given the name in 2024.
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