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Veola
How to Pronounce Veola
Pronounced vee-OH-luh /viːˈoʊ.lə/Medium
Meaning: Veola belongs to the Viola and Ola family of early-1900s names, blending the violet-flower Viola with the popular -ola ending seen in Ola and Leola. Its floral heart comes from Latin viola, the violet. It reads as a soft, homespun flower-adjacent name of its era.Low
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Veola is part of the Viola–Ola cluster of early-1900s names. It carries the violet-flower sense of Latin viola while echoing the fashionable -ola ending of names like Ola and Leola. The result is a gentle, floral-tinged name typical of its generation.
Veola was a modest choice around the turn of the last century, cresting near 1926 and fading by mid-century. A woman given it at its peak would be past a hundred or nearly so today. It never revived and reads now as a soft, antique flower-adjacent name.
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What does the name Veola mean?
Veola is part of the Viola–Ola family, carrying the violet-flower sense of Latin 'viola'.
How do you pronounce Veola?
It's said vee-OH-luh /viːˈoʊ.lə/ — three syllables, stress on the second.
Is Veola a boy or girl name?
Veola is used as a girl's name, tied to Viola.
How popular is Veola?
Veola was a modest early-century name that crested in the nineteen-twenties and has been antique for generations.