Ola (given name)

Ola is an Arabic feminine given name that means "surmount", "high", and "arise".
It is also a common shorthand name in Norway and Sweden, and in Polish it is a diminutive form of feminine given names Olga and Aleksandra.
Moreover, Ọlá in West African Yorùbá language is a popular unisex name, and is a root morpheme for other popular Yorùbá given names and surnames like Olaoluwa, Olabisi, Oladapo, Oladele, Olajide, Olamide, Olaoye, Olatunji, Olawale, Olayemi, Olayinka etc.

Men

Ola, English comedian
Ola Adeyemo, Nigerian footballer
Ola Afolabi, British boxer, former cruiserweight champion
Ola Aina, English footballer
Ola Backman, Swedish Navy rear admiral
Ola Englund, Swedish guitarist for Feared, The Haunted and formerly of Six Feet Under (band)
Ola Gjeilo, Norwegian composer and pianist
Ola Håkansson, Swedish singer, composer and producer
Ola Hanson, Swedish-American missionary in Burma
Ola Isene, Norwegian singer and actor
Ola John, Liberian-Dutch footballer
Ola Kamara, Nigerian footballer in Major League Soccer
Ola Kimrin, former National Football League placekicker
Ola L. Mize, United States Army officer awarded the Medal of Honor
Ola Möller, Swedish politician
Ola Otnes, Norwegian actor
Ola Rapace, Swedish actor
Ola Rotimi, Nigerian playwright and theatre director
Ola Salo, Swedish singer
Ola Svensson, Swedish singer, better known by his mononym Ola
Ola Toivonen, Swedish footballer
Ola Ullsten, Swedish politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Sweden
Ola Wærhaug, Norwegian biathlete
Ola Wong, Swedish author, journalist and sinologist

Ola Al-Fares, Jordanian lawyer, journalist and television presenter
Ola S. Apeland, Norwegian politician
Ola Babcock Miller, American politician
Ola Ince, British theatre director
Ola Jordan, Polish dancer
Ola Orekunrin, British-Nigerian medical doctor and managing director of the charity Flying Doctors Nigeria
Ola Ray, American model and actress
Ola Belle Reed, American folk singer
Ola Mildred Rexroat, American aviator
Ola Teigen, Norwegian politician
Ola Uduku, British African architect