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Nola (F)>

Nola (female)

Diminutive for:Finola (F)
Derivative of:Fionnuala (F)
Masculine form:Nolan (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Irish and Australian English.  The derivation is unclear.  It may be from the male name Nolan, itself from the surname.  Alternatively in the Irish case, it is more likely to be a short form of Finola, the Anglicized form of Fionnuala, from Gaelic "fair shoulder".