Olanna

The name can be Igbo and mean “father’s jewel,” being composed of the Igbo words ọla (jewel; precious thing) and nna (father). It appears as the name of one of the main characters in the Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie novel, Half of a Yellow Sun (2006).

It is also a Scandinavian feminine form of Ole. Other Scandinavian offshoots are Olanne & Oleanna.

Sources

• https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/d9jo01/not_a_real_nigerian_name_help_pls/
• http://www.igboenglish.com/
• https://onlinenigeria.com/nigeriannames/ad.php?topic=Olanna&blurb=1798
• https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Olanna
• https://www.names.org/n/olanna/about