Ola

Proper noun

 * 1)  used in the U.S. in the end of the nineteenth century.

Etymology 2
Various origins:
 * Borrowed from . Ọlá is an extremely common prefix for Yoruba names (and serves as a common form of shortened names), coming from
 * Borrowed from, a habitational surname from.

Statistics

 * According to the 2010 United States Census, Ola is the 37076th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 602 individuals. Ola is most common among Black/African American (33.55%), White (28.41%), Hispanic/Latino (18.94%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (17.77%) individuals.

Etymology
Medieval Norwegian vernacular form of (as compared to the originally Danish ).

Usage notes

 * The most common given name of men in Norway in the 17th and 18th century.

Etymology
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Proper noun

 * 1)  derived from Olaf or Olof

Usage notes
One of the rare male given names that ends in A.