Fola

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Fola is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name1.4K records spelled Fola4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, United Kingdom, Nigeria

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Fóla, Folá

• French given name316 records spelled Fola3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United Kingdom, United States, Nigeria

  Also written Fölä

• Amharic given name286 records spelled Fola4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ethiopia, United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom

  Also written ፎላ, Fole, ፎለ

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Fola is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Yoruba, Yoruba: honor.

  as a name·African Names

• Honorable

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In Irish, alternative form of fala (“grudge, spite, resentment, feud”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Albanian, first-person singular aorist of flas

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In llu, split, break in two, tear in two

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●

• José Fola IgúrbideESSpanish author

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 16 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Fola?

We estimate roughly 110 people bear Fola (counting its spellings and scripts) across 2 countries in our records.

In which country does Fola have the most bearers?

Fola is most frequently recorded in Nigeria, where it is most often spelled fola.

How common is Fola compared with other names?

In Bermuda, Fola is the 254th most common given name of 1,057 given names recorded there.

Is Fola a male or female name?

Fola is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Fola mean?

Recorded meaning: Honor