Jolanthe

Jolanthe , Jolante , Jolande , Jolanda , Iolanda , Jolanta or Jolantha is a female given name . Further variants are Violante, Yolande, Yolanthe and Yolanda as well as the short forms Jole, Yola and others. It probably comes from the Greek first name Iolanthe, from ancient Greek ἰόλη (iole) for violet and ἄνθος (anthos) for flower.

Since the comedy Krach about Jolanthe by August Hinrichs (1930), in which a pig bears this name, the first name has gone out of use in Germany.

name day

December 17th , after the death date of Yolanda von Vianden

Name bearers

Historical women

(in historical order)

• Jolante von Flanders († 1219), ruled the Latin Empire of Constantinople for her husband Peter von Courtenay from 1217 to 1219
• Jolante von Courtenay (also: Jolanthe, Yolande, Yolanda, Violante, Yoles, Hyolenz Capet-Courtenay; * around 1200, † 1233), Queen of Hungary
• Jolante, the middle name of Isabella II (1212–1228), the Queen of Jerusalem and German Emperor's wife , is not documented at the time
• Yolanda of Hungary (1219–1251)
• Jolanthe (Nevers) (* around 1222; † 1254), Countess of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre
• Yolanda von Vianden (* approx. 1231; † 1283), prioress of the Marienthal monastery
• Jolenta of Poland (1235–1298), blessed Poor Clare, since 1292 abbess in the Gnesen monastery
• Violante von Aragón (also Jolanthe; 1236–1301), Queen of Castile and German Queen
• Jolanthe (Burgundy) (1247–1280), Countess of Nevers from 1262 to 1280, and Countess of Auxerre and Tonnerre
• Jolanda I of Lusignan (French: Yolande; 1257–1314), mistress of Fougères, mistress of Lusignan, Couhé and Peyrat, and countess of La Marche and Angoulême
• Yolande von Montferrat (* 1273/74; † 1317), under the name Irene Empress of the Byzantine Empire
• Violante von Bar (also Jolanthe or Yolande; 1365–1431), as the wife of John I, Queen of Aragón
• Jolanthe of Aragón (also Violante, Jolande or Yolande; 1384–1442)
• Jolande (Lorraine) (French also Yolande d'Anjou, 1428–1483), Duchess of Lorraine and titular queen of Jerusalem
• Jolande of France (1434–1478), daughter of King Charles VII of France and Maria of Anjou, wife of Duke Amadeus IX of Savoy
• Violante Beatrix von Bayern (1673–1731), daughter of Ferdinand Maria von Bayern and Henriette Adelheid, since 1688 married by procurationem to Ferdinand de Medici, Hereditary Grand Duke of Tuscany, from 1717 to 1731 governor of Siena
• Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac (1749–1793)

First name

(in alphabetic order)

Variant of Iolanda

• Iolanda Balaș (1936-2016), Romanian athlete
• Iolanda Cintura (* 1972), Mozambican chemist and politician (FRELIMO)
• Iolanda Evgenjewna Tschen (* 1961), Russian athlete

Variant of Jolanda

• Jolanda Annen (* 1992), Swiss triathlete
• Jolanda Benvenuti (1908–1981), Italian film editor
• Jolanda Bombis-Robben (* 1984), Dutch handball player
• Jolanda Čeplak (* 1976), Slovenian athlete
• Jolanda de Rover (* 1963), Dutch swimmer
• Jolanda Egger (* 1960), Swiss actress
• Jolanda Keizer (* 1985), Dutch athlete
• Jolanda Neff (* 1993), Swiss cyclist
• Jolanda Offenbeck (1930-2000), Austrian politician (SPÖ)
• Jolanda Spiess-Hegglin (* 1980), Swiss politician, 2014–2016 Cantonal Councilor of the Canton of Zug
• Jolanda Spirig (* 1953), Swiss author
• Jolanda Steiner (* 1961), Swiss author and storyteller

Variant of Jolande

• Jolande Jacobi (1890–1973), Hungarian psychologist, long-time employee of Carl Gustav Jung
• Jolande Lischke-Pfister (* 1932), German artist
• Jolande Sap (* 1963), Dutch politician (GroenLinks)

Variant of Jolanta

• Jolanta Januchta (* 1955), Polish middle-distance runner
• Jolanta Ogar (* 1982), Polish sailor who has been competing for Austria since 2013
• Jolanta Pytel (* 1952), Polish poet
• Jolanta Siwińska (* 1991), Polish soccer player

Variant of Jolantha

• Jolantha Seyfried (* 1964), Austrian ballet dancer and university teacher

Variant of Jolanthe

• Jolanthe Marès (* 1868; † after 1934), German writer

Variant of Violante

• Violante Placido (* 1976), Italian actress and singer

Variant of Yolanda

• Yolanda Adams (* 1961), American gospel singer
• Yolanda Castaño (* 1977), Galician author, painter and literary critic
• Yolanda Eminescu (1921–1998), Romanian lawyer
• Yolanda Griffith (* 1970), American basketball player
• Yolanda Kakabadse (* 1948), environmentalist from Ecuador
• Yolanda King (1955–2007), daughter of US civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.
• Yolanda Rayo (* 1968), Colombian salsa musician and actress
• Yolanda Toussieng (* 1949), American make-up artist

Variant of Yolande

• Yolande Bavan (* 1940), Sri Lankan American jazz singer and actress
• Yolande Moreau (* 1953), Belgian comedian, actress, director and screenwriter
• Yolande Zauberman , French director and screenwriter

Variant of Yolandi

• Yolandi Stander (* 1998), South African shot putter and discus thrower
• Yolandi Visser (* 1984), South African musician and rapper

Variant of Yolanthe

• Yolanthe Sneijder-Cabau (* 1985), Spanish-Dutch actress

family name

• Cinzio Violante (1921-2001), Italian historian
• Francesco Violante (16th century), Kapellmeister and singing teacher in Venice at the time of Adrian Willaert
• Luciano Violante (* 1941), Italian politician and judge

Yolanda (Miriam Lenk, 2003/7) in front of the Investitionsbank zu Berlin

Fictional characters

• Jolanthe , fictional pig in the comedy Krach um Jolanthe by August Hinrichs (1930; filmed in 1934)
• Jolanthe , fictional pig and propaganda figure in the GDR , see Flora and Jolanthe

Art and literature

• Iolanthe , opera by Gilbert and Sullivan (1882)
• Jolanthe , opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1892)
• Yolande , opera by Albéric Magnard (1892)
• Yolanda Be Cool , Australian band
• Yolanda , sculpture by Miriam Lenk

See also

• (509) Iolanda , asteroid of the main belt
• Jolanda di Savoia , Italian municipality in Emilia-Romagna
• Yolande River , river in the western part of the Australian state of Tasmania
• Typhoon Haiyan , typhoon in November 2013, called Yolanda in the Philippines
• Violante Inlet , Bay on the Black Coast, Palmerland, Antarctica

Web links

• Klaus Graf : Traditional women's names in noble families from the 12th to the 20th century: The name Yolande . In: Archivalia from May 1, 2016 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Günther Drosdowski: Lexicon of first names . 2nd Edition. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim 1974, ISBN 3-411-01333-8 .