 A statue of Our Lady of Sorrows, the title for the Virgin Mary from which the name Lola is derived. | |
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Spanish short form of Dolores and German short form of Aloisia |
| Meaning | "sorrows" |
| Region of origin | Spain |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Dolores, Lolita, Aloisia |
Lola is a feminine given name and nickname in the Romance languages, and other language groups.
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- People named Lola
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- Notes
It is a hypocoristic form of the Spanish name Dolores, meaning "sorrows", taken from one of the titles of the Virgin Mary: Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, or Our Lady of Sorrows .
The term Lola is used as an affectionate or honorific term for an elderly woman (a grandmother) in the Philippines. (Synonyms include; lola, impo, lelang, mamang). This is used coinciding with the male honorific of Lolo(Syn.; lolo, apo, lelong, tatang).
Lola is also a short form of the unrelated German name Aloisia and a hypocorism of Lolita, in particular in Russian.
The name Lola is also common in Africa; in Nigeria, many feminine Yoruba names are shortened to Lola, such as Temilola, Omolola or Damilola.
Lola (Tajik for tulip) is also a feminine name in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan. It is derived from the Persian لاله or lâleh.
Lola is also used as a short form of the name Karolina, which was especially popular in use in the 1920s in Poland and is still used. It is also a form of Carol and Charlotte.
Though the name originated with a title for Mary, mother of Jesus Christ, Lola has also acquired a number of contrasting sensual associations. American authors Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz noted in their 2008 book Cool Names for Babies that the name has a sultry image and that people associate the name with the song "Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets" from the musical Damn Yankees , in which the character of Lola is the Devil's "best homewrecker". [1] The name also has associations with the Irish-born Lola Montez, who became famous in the nineteenth century as an actress, Spanish dancer, courtesan and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria.
Lolita is a Spanish diminutive form of Lola. The name is sometimes used as a term to indicate a sexually precocious girl, due to its association with the title character of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita [2] and its film adaptations in 1962 and 1997. [3] The name's sexually charged image in certain countries is also due to associations with "Lola", a 1970 song by The Kinks about a young man's encounter with a transvestite named Lola.
The title character in the 1998 German feature film Run Lola Run may also have raised the name's profile, as has Lola, a clever and inquisitive child character in a recently published series of children's picture books by Lauren Child.
Names beginning with or containing the letter L have also been particularly fashionable for girls. [4]
