Maola as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Maola

What is the meaning of the name Maola ?

The baby name Maola is a Unisex name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced mah-OH-lah.

Maola is Hawaiian in Origin.

Maola is a rare feminine given name of debated origin. In the Goidelic tradition (Irish and Scottish Gaelic), the element maol "tonsured one; devotee" was common in medieval theophoric male names such as Maolmhuire (anglicized Myles) and Maol Iosa (Malise). Maola can be read as a streamlined, modern feminine formed from that root, carrying the sense of "devoted one" or "follower [of a saint]." As an independent given name, Maola appears only sparsely in records and seems to be a 20th-21st-century revival rather than a continuous historical usage.

Variant spellings and cognate forms include Maol in compound Gaelic names; modern creative variants Maelah or Maela; and the nickname-friendly Lola or Mao. Although unrelated etymologically, Maola also echoes Hawaiian and Samoan ola "life" and Yoruba ola "honor, prosperity," associations that lend it upbeat contemporary meaning. Overall meaning: devotion; by association, life and honor.

⚙ Maola is an uncommon pick. Our records hold just 56 recorded uses, spread over 16 countries.