What does ola mean in Hawaiian?
Ola is life, health, and well-being, and as a verb it means to live, to recover, or to be saved. It appears in the Hawaiian word for a healer (kahuna lapaʻau) and in wishes for long life. Keola means the life, Kaleiola the lei of life, and Olakino good health.
Say it OH-lah. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site ola is part of 51 names: 14 begin with it, 35 end with it, and 2 carry it elsewhere. Most are girl names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning life.