48%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Hungarian (Rare) Pronounced Pron. /ˈjo.laːŋ.kɒ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Created by the Hungarian writer András Dugonics for the main character in his novel Jólánka, Etelkának Leánya (1803). He may have based it on Hungarian jóleán meaning "good girl" or possibly on the name Yolanda. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details DiminutiveJolánUser SubmissionJolanka Categories colors, goodness, invented, literature, purple, uncertain etymology, women, youth