Shola
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHOH-lah
- Origin
- Yoruba
Shola is a girls' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “honour, wealth”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shola mean?
Yoruba: short form of Yoruba names containing ola 'honour, wealth'
“honour, wealth”
Is Shola a girl's or a boy's name?
Shola is a girls' name.
How popular is Shola in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 76 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shola in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shola in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 19 | #1,137 |
| 1999 | 28 | #861 |
| 1998 | 76 | #447 |
| 1997 | 35 | #758 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Shola
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emma, Anna, Sophie, Ifeoluwa, Temiloluwa, Sarah, Chloe, Jessica, Hannah, Georgia, Eriifeoluwa, Francesca
Names related to Shola
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa, Ayomide, Tobi, Oluwadarasimi, Oluwatamilore, Ireoluwa, Inioluwa, Iremide, Araoluwa, Ayomikun, Oluwanifemi, Morayo, Obaloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Oreoluwa, Sade
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shola: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shola, updated 20 October 2026.