Liola
Liolà is an Italian stage play written by Luigi Pirandello in 1916, which takes place in early 20th century Sicily. The original text was composed in the Sicilian dialect of Agrigento. The title character is a middle-aged single father by choice. He has three young boys, each by a different mother.
Meaning & Origin of Liola
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Liolà is an Italian stage play written by Luigi Pirandello in 1916, which takes place in early 20th century Sicily. The original text was composed in the Sicilian dialect of Agrigento. The title character is a middle-aged single father by choice. He has three young boys, each by a different mother.
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The Story of Liola
Liola first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1919, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1919: 6 births, good for #4,251 nationwide. Liola last appeared in the published SSA data in 1919, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 6 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Liola
Liola is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1919 and has accumulated 6 births in the dataset. Liola's peak popularity came in 1919 when it ranked #4,251. Use the chart and map above to compare Liola's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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