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 and Yolanda. Jolanta is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Jolanta Antas (born 1954), Polish scientist and professor of linguistics at the Jagiellonian University of Kraków * Jolanta Bartczak (born 1964), Polish long jumper * Jolanta Bebel-Rzymowska (born 1950), Polish fencer * Grażyna Jolanta Ciemniak (born 1948), Polish political figure, member of the Senate of Poland (1993–97) * Jolanta Danielak (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 (born 1979), Latvian race walker * Jolanta Hibner (born 1951), Polish politician *

Jolanta Janota Jolanta Janota-Marlec (born 6 July 1964 in Katowice) is a former female track and field sprinter from Poland, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is th ...

(born 1964), Polish track and field sprinter * Jolanta Królikowska (born 1960), Polish fencer * Jolanta Kvašytė (born 1956), Lithuanian painter * Jolanta Kwaśniewska (born 1955), Polish lawyer and charity activist and former First Lady of Poland * Jolanta Łukaszewicz (born 1966), Polish sprint canoeist * Jolanta Niezgodzka (born 1991), Polish politician * Jolanta Polikevičiūtė (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 ...

(1957–2018), Polish politician * Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz (1954–2010), Polish politician * Jolanta Zawadzka (born 1987), Polish chess player It may also refer to: * Jolenta of Poland (1235–1298), also referred to as Jolanta, Yolande and Yolanda

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