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I have Jola as a French girl's name meaning "pretty", but it's a baby names book and I don't trust it without back up.
WDYT- fact or fiction?
-Seda*
WDYT- fact or fiction?
-Seda*
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The first and only time I've heard it was a woman calling her dog that. I just figured it was made up because it just sounds namey.
But, did you see this?
http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/norse-mythology.php?deity=JOLA
I have no way of checking the authenticity of this .. no other sites on a quick search of "valkyries names" bring it up credibly.
A few full names appear on the Google search, but I am not language savvy enough to ID their nationality by the attached surnames.. maybe you can. I hope you'll post if you find anything.
I was inclined to think it was a short form for Jolana or Jolanda.. but have found no reason to believe that either.
- chazda
But, did you see this?
http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/norse-mythology.php?deity=JOLA
I have no way of checking the authenticity of this .. no other sites on a quick search of "valkyries names" bring it up credibly.
A few full names appear on the Google search, but I am not language savvy enough to ID their nationality by the attached surnames.. maybe you can. I hope you'll post if you find anything.
I was inclined to think it was a short form for Jolana or Jolanda.. but have found no reason to believe that either.
- chazda
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I'd be careful quoting this site, looks a bis mystic to me (and commercial of course). I haven't been able to find a valkyr by the name Jola. But in a dictionary of mythology I came across this:
Jolareid: Norwegian for > Asgardreid
Asgardreid: lit. "horrible ride". In northern Mythology: wild chase of supernatural beings, sweeping away wanderers at night. Also > Jolareid in the context of the dangerous midwinter (> Jul)
Jul: Important feast of fertility (and some cult of the dead) celebrated in winter by the Teutons.
I'm not sure whether this is what the site mentioned above had in mind. All I know is JOLA as a short form of Jolanda/Jolantha.
Andy ;—)
Jolareid: Norwegian for > Asgardreid
Asgardreid: lit. "horrible ride". In northern Mythology: wild chase of supernatural beings, sweeping away wanderers at night. Also > Jolareid in the context of the dangerous midwinter (> Jul)
Jul: Important feast of fertility (and some cult of the dead) celebrated in winter by the Teutons.
I'm not sure whether this is what the site mentioned above had in mind. All I know is JOLA as a short form of Jolanda/Jolantha.
Andy ;—)
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Not sure if this is accurate or not, but this site says that Jola is a Hebrew name that means "Jehovah is God".
(http://www.parenthood.com/babynames_searchresults.html?searchName=Jola)
I also saw it listed as a Greek name with the meaning "pretty". http://www.bubbaboo.com/meaning-of-baby-names.asp?n=Jola
And again, I don't know how accurate this is, but this site says that Jola means "ion, violet".
http://www.qj.com/babynames/Girl-j.html
(http://www.parenthood.com/babynames_searchresults.html?searchName=Jola)
I also saw it listed as a Greek name with the meaning "pretty". http://www.bubbaboo.com/meaning-of-baby-names.asp?n=Jola
And again, I don't know how accurate this is, but this site says that Jola means "ion, violet".
http://www.qj.com/babynames/Girl-j.html
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No . . .
Joel and Elihu are Hebrew names meaning "Jehovah is God". Jola could possibly be used as a feminine of Joel but it is not a genuine feminisation and does not share Joel's meaning.
As far as I can discover, Ancient Greek had no word for "pretty". The nearest word, "beautiful", was asteios, kalos or horaios. The modern Greek for pretty is, as near as I can transliterate it, omorphos. "Cute" is approximately charitomenos and "attractive" is approximately elkystikos. So a meaning of "pretty" in Greek is unlikely for Jola.
As for the "ion, violet" meaning, if you read my post you would have seen that Jola is a shortening of Jolanda, which means "violet".
In general, sites like parenthood.com, bubbaboo.com and other "Baby" name sites are highly untrustworthy, and we ask people not to quote such sites unless they've independently researched the meaning.
Joel and Elihu are Hebrew names meaning "Jehovah is God". Jola could possibly be used as a feminine of Joel but it is not a genuine feminisation and does not share Joel's meaning.
As far as I can discover, Ancient Greek had no word for "pretty". The nearest word, "beautiful", was asteios, kalos or horaios. The modern Greek for pretty is, as near as I can transliterate it, omorphos. "Cute" is approximately charitomenos and "attractive" is approximately elkystikos. So a meaning of "pretty" in Greek is unlikely for Jola.
As for the "ion, violet" meaning, if you read my post you would have seen that Jola is a shortening of Jolanda, which means "violet".
In general, sites like parenthood.com, bubbaboo.com and other "Baby" name sites are highly untrustworthy, and we ask people not to quote such sites unless they've independently researched the meaning.
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