Yolanda

Yolanda is a given name, of Greek origin but existing in many languages, meaning Violet. The form of the name in Greek is Iolanthe. In Czech and Slovak the name is spelled Jolantha. It is spelled Jolanta in Polish.

Notable people with the given name Yolanda

• Yolanda of Flanders, a ruler of the Latin Empire in Constantinople
• Yolanda of Vianden, a 13th-century prioress of Marienthal, Luxembourg
• Yolanda (or Violant) of Hungary, Queen consort of James I of Aragon
• Yolanda of Hungary, daughter of Béla IV of Hungary
• Yolanda, an alias of Symbionese Liberation Army member Emily Harris
• Yolanda Adams, an American gospel singer
• YolanDa Brown, British award winning contemporary saxophonist
• Yolanda Casazza (1908–1995), American dancer of the Veloz and Yolanda ballroom dancing team
• Yolanda King, (1955–2007), oldest child of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King
• Yolanda Kondonassis, an American classical harpist
• Yolanda Murphy is a cultural anthropologist who is the co-author of the classic anthropology text Women of the Forest
• Yolanda Ortíz, a Cuban diver
• Yolanda Foster, a Dutch American television personality
• Yolanda Saldívar, the murderer of singer Selena

Other

• Yolanda, a synonym of the orchid genus Brachionidium
• Yolanda (film), a 1924 film starring Marion Davies
• Severe storms named “Yolanda”
  • Tropical Storm Yolanda (1992) - a tropical storm which formed during the 1992 Pacific hurricane season, the most active season on record
  • Yolanda (storm) - a non-tropical system which struck Europe during May 2010
  • Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) - the strongest storm at landfall on record in 2013; caused catastrophic destruction in the Philippines
• Yolanda and the Thief, a 1945 musical-comedy film
• Yolanda Be Cool, an Australian band

Songs about Yolanda

• "¿Dónde estas, Yolanda?" by Manuel Jímenez Fernández (Peruvian composer), performed e.g. by Orlando Contreras (Cuban singer), Lucho Barrios, and Pink Martini on the album Sympathique
• "Yolanda", by Bobby Blue Bland
• "Yolanda", by Pablo Milanés
• "Yolanda Hayes", by Fountains of Wayne
• "Yolanda, You Learn", by Lyle Mays and Pat Metheny