Nola

  • [ NO-lə ]
  • English, Irish
Diminutive of MAGNOLIA, FINOLA or other names containing a similar sound.

MAGNOLIA   female   English
From the English word magnolia for the flower, which was named for the French botanist Pierre Magnol.
FINOLA   female   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of FIONNUALA.
FIONNUALA   female   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "white shoulder" from Irish fionn "white, fair" and guala "shoulder". In Irish legend Fionnuala was one of the four children of Lir who were transformed into swans for a period of 900 years.
FULL FORMS
ENGLISH: Magnolia
IRISH: Finnguala, Finnuala, Finola, Fionnghuala, Fionnuala, Fionola
EQUIVALENTS
ENGLISH: Nola, Nolene
IRISH MYTHOLOGY: Finnguala, Finnuala, Fionnghuala, Fionnuala
IRISH: Nola, Nuala
SCOTTISH: Fenella, Finella, Finola, Fionnghuala, Fionola