Tola
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TOH-lah
- Origin
- Yoruba
Tola is a girls' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “wealth is enough”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tola mean?
Yoruba: Yoruba, short form of names containing ola 'honour, wealth'
“wealth is enough”
Short form of Yoruba names built on ola, meaning wealth or honour.
Is Tola a girl's or a boy's name?
Tola is a girls' name.
How popular is Tola in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tola in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tola in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,722 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
Names like Tola
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tiaraoluwa Temiloluwa Ireoluwa Inioluwa Imisioluwa Araoluwa Ifeoluwa Anjolaoluwa Morireoluwa Eriifeoluwa Tiwatope Oluwadarasimi
More Yoruba names
Ayomide Tobi Oluwatamilore Iremide Ayomikun Oluwanifemi Morayo Obaloluwa Oluwatobiloba Oreoluwa Sade Oluwademilade Tifeoluwa Olamide Akorede Oluwadunsin
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, “Tola: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tola, updated 20 October 2026.