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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.
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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