Zola
[ˈzoʊ.lə]Meaning
from the Xhosa root -zola, meaning "calm"
Background Story
Behind the Name gives two accounts of Zola. One derives it from the Xhosa root -zola, meaning "calm"; the other records the meaning as unknown, perhaps invented, in occasional use in the English-speaking world since the 19th century, and coinciding with an Italian surname borne by the French-Italian author Émile Zola.
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