Jolanta (or Jolantha) is a Czech, Lithuanian, Polish and Slovak form of the Greek name

Iolanthe ''Iolanthe; or, The Peer and the Peri'' () is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, first performed in 1882. It is one of the Savoy operas and is the seventh of fourteen operatic collaborations by Gilbert ...

. It is derived from Greek words ιολη (iole) "violet" and ανθος (anthos) "flower". Similar names also derived from Iolanthe are Yolande,

Jolanda Jolanda or Jolande is a feminine given name. It is a Dutch, Italian, and Swiss German cognate of Yolanda. Notable people with the name include: ;Jolanda Jolanda Adams, Actress *Jolanda Benvenuti, Italian film editor *Jolanda Čeplak (born 1976), ...

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Yolanda Yolanda may refer to: * Yolanda (name), a given name derived from the Greek ''Iolanthe'' Places * Yolanda, California * Yolanda Shrine, monument located at Barangay Anibong, Tacloban, Leyte Film * ''Yolanda'' (film), a 1924 film starring ...

. Jolanta is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *

Jolanta Antas Jolanta Antas (born 20 February 1954 in Szczecin) is a Polish professor of linguistics at the Jagiellonian University of Kraków. Antas is the head of the Institute of Theory of Communication at the Faculty of Polish Language and Literature of the ...

, Polish scientist and professor of linguistics at the Jagiellonian University of Kraków *

Jolanta Bartczak Jolanta Bartczak (born 20 March 1964) is a retired Polish long jumper. Her personal best jump was 6.90 metres, achieved in June 1988 in Bratislava. Her daughter, Pia Skrzyszowska Pia Skrzyszowska (born 20 April 2001) is a Polish athlete spec ...

(born 1964), Polish long jumper *

Jolanta Bebel-Rzymowska Jolanta Bebel (nee Rzymowska; born 4 December 1950) is a Polish fencer. She competed in the women's team foil events at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. Personal life On September 11, 1971 she married to Bronisław Bebel, a volleyball player ...

(born 1950), Polish fencer * Grażyna Jolanta Ciemniak (born 1948), Polish political figure, member of the Senate of Poland (1993–97) *

Jolanta Danielak Jolanta Ryszarda Danielak (born 3 June 1955) is a Polish political figure who served in the national Senate from 1997 to 2005 and rose to the post of Senate Vice-Marshal, which she filled from 2001 to 2005. A native of the northwestern town o ...

(born 1955), Polish politician, a member of the Democratic Left Alliance and, previously SdRP * Jolanta Dičkutė (born 1970), Lithuanian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party *

Jolanta Dukure Jolanta Dukure (born 20 September 1979) is a Latvian race walker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be i ...

(born 1979), Latvian race walker *

Jolanta Hibner Jolanta Emilia Hibner (born 26 January 1951 in Ząbki) is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 3512 votes in 19 Warsaw district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list. She was re-elected on 21 Octo ...

(born 1951), Polish politician *

Jolanta Janota Jolanta Janota-Marlec (born July 6, 1964 in Katowice, Śląskie) is a former female track and field sprinter from Poland, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea Seoul (; ; ), officially known as ...

(born 1964), Polish track and field sprinter *

Jolanta Królikowska Jolanta Królikowska (born 21 May 1960) is a Polish fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad ...

(born 1960), Polish fencer *

Jolanta Kvašytė Jolanta Kvašytė (born 29 May 1956 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian ceramic artist. In 1982, she graduated from the Lithuanian Institute of Fine Arts. In 1982–1984, she worked in a factory "Jiesia" Kybartu shop, in 1985-1988 Restoration Trust in ...

(born 1956), Lithuanian painter *

Jolanta Kwaśniewska Jolanta Kwaśniewska (Polish: , née Konty, ; born 3 June 1955) is a Polish lawyer and charity activist who was First Lady of Poland between 1995 and 2005, as the wife of the then President Aleksander Kwaśniewski. Biography She was a graduate ...

(born 1955), Polish lawyer and charity activist and former First Lady of Poland *

Jolanta Łukaszewicz Jolanta Łukaszewicz (born June 16, 1966 in Choszczno) is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metro ...

(born 1966), Polish sprint canoeist *

Jolanta Polikevičiūtė Jolanta Polikevičiūtė (born 25 September 1970 in Panevėžys) is a retired female road racing cyclist from Lithuania, who competed in three Summer Olympics for her native country: 1996, 2004 and 2008. She is the twin sister of Rasa Polikevi ...

(born 1970), Lithuanian road cyclist *

Jolanta Szczypińska Jolanta Irena Szczypińska (24 June 1957 – 8 December 2018) was a Polish politician. Biography After professionally working as a nurse, she became a member of the Sejm (the lower House of Parliament) after Wiesław Walendziak had stepped d ...

(born 1957), Polish politician *

Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz Jolanta Dorota Szymanek-Deresz (; 12 July 1954 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish lawyer and politician. Szymanek-Deresz was born in Przedbórz. She was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 9,723 votes in 16 Płock district as a ca ...

(born 1954), Polish politician *

Jolanta Zawadzka Jolanta Zawadzka (born 8 February 1987) is a Polish chess player with the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). In 2004, she won the World Youth Chess Championship for girls U18. She won the women's Polish Chess Championship in 2006, 2011, 2015 and ...

(born 1987), Polish chess player It may also refer to: *

Jolenta of Poland Yolanda of Poland or Yolanda of Hungary, also Blessed Yolanda (also known as Helen; 1235 – 11 June 1298) was the daughter of King Béla IV of Hungary and Maria Laskarina. She was the sister of Margaret of Hungary and Kinga of Poland (Cuneg ...

(1235–1298), also referred to as Jolanta, Yolande and Yolanda

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