Denola as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Denola

What is the meaning of the name Denola ?

The baby name Denola is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced deh-NOH-lah (IPA: /dɛˈnoʊlə/).

Denola is Yoruba in Origin.

Denola is a modern Yoruba given name from southwestern Nigeria, commonly a clipped form of Adénọlá (Ade-ni-Ọlá). In Yoruba morphology, adé means “crown, royalty,” ni means “has/possesses,” and ọlá denotes “wealth, honor, prestige.” Thus Adénọlá translates to “the crown possesses wealth” or “royalty is wealth,” and Denola, used independently, carries the connotations of honor and prosperity. It is used for all genders in Yoruba communities.

As a standalone name Denola rose in use in the later 20th century alongside other shortened Yoruba forms, and it now appears widely in Nigeria and the diaspora. Variants and related forms include Adénọlá (Adenola), Adéọlá (Adeola), Dénọlá/Denolá (tonal spellings), and the pet form Nola; Anglicized spellings may omit diacritics. Note that Denola is unrelated to the Irish name Nola (from Fionnuala), despite the shared ending.

⚙ Denola is a genuine rarity. We hold just 7 recorded uses of it, from 3 countries.