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I don't know anything about WEOLA, but I tried to find WEILA. It is not listed in my FÖRSTEMANN, Altdeutsches Namenbuch. The closest I could get was WELA, WIELA, WEALA, WIALA. Förstemann (and following him, Henning Kaufmann 1964) derives the former from VELA 1, the rest from VELA 2 (Wieland can be found there, too).

VELA 1: "well," from "will"
VELA 2: from the Old Nordic "vel," artificium (piece of art, craftmanship; which at least at first sight goes well with the story of Wieland the smith); or else from the Old Saxon "viela," treasure, wealth.

• Weola (cognate with the Old German Weila??) - Paul "1"  Jan 30 2009, 11:16:02 AM
  • Re: Weola (cognate with the Old German Weila??) - Mia  Feb 3 2009, 12:30:17 PM
  • Re: Weola (cognate with the Old German Weila??) - Camilla  Jan 31 2009, 11:55:59 AM
    • Re: Weola (cognate with the Old German Weila??) - Andy ;—)  Jan 31 2009, 11:37:22 PM
      • Re: Weola (cognate with the Old German Weila??) - Paul  Feb 3 2009, 10:25:43 AM
        • Re: Weola (cognate with the Old German Weila??) - Andy ;—)  Feb 3 2009, 1:15:07 PM
  • Re: Weola (cognate with the Old German Weila??) - jisha  Jan 30 2009, 12:40:58 PM
    • Don't hijack threads, post your own! nm - Ondinnonk  Jan 30 2009, 2:45:13 PM