# Ola

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #29,401

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
Various origins:
* Borrowed from Yoruba Ọlá. Ọlá is an extremely common prefix for Yoruba names (and serves as a common form of shortened names), coming from ọlá (“honor”)
* Borrowed from Spanish Ola, a habitational surname from Basque ola (“forge”).

## Easily confused with
- **on** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ola-vs-on)
- **or** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ola-vs-or)
- **op** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ola-vs-op)
- **OS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ola-vs-os)
- **oz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ola-vs-oz)
- **OT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ola-vs-ot)
- **ou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ola-vs-ou)
- **ow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ola-vs-ow)
- **oo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ola-vs-oo)
- **om** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ola-vs-om)
- **ox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ola-vs-ox)
- **oy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ola-vs-oy)
- **ov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ola-vs-ov)
- **one** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ola-vs-one)
- **out** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ola-vs-out)
- **our** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ola-vs-our)
- **old** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ola-vs-old)
- **own** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ola-vs-own)
- **owe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ola-vs-owe)
- **ore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ola-vs-ore)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ola