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Reola
How to Pronounce Reola
Pronounced ree-OH-luh /riˈoʊ.lə/Medium
Meaning: Reola is an early-twentieth-century American coinage with no settled origin, most naturally heard alongside Leola, Viola, Ola and Creola. It appears to have been assembled for its flowing sound rather than any single root, and its meaning is best left open.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Reola is an early-twentieth-century American name that reads as a coinage, close in sound to Leola, Viola, Ola and Creola. Names of this shape were popular in the 1900s and 1910s, often built for their lilt rather than from a fixed root, and no clear origin is recorded for Reola.
Reola was never common - only a few dozen girls a year at its faint peak in the late 1920s, mostly within its early-century span. It reads as a genuine period coinage, and it has not been revived; the name belongs to its own generation.
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What does the name Reola mean?
Reola is a rare early-1900s American coinage, close in sound to Leola and Viola, with no settled origin.
How do you pronounce Reola?
It's said ree-OH-luh /riˈoʊ.lə/ - three syllables, stress on the second.
Is Reola a boy or girl name?
Reola is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Reola?
Reola has always been very rare, an early-twentieth-century coinage that never caught on.