Dolores (given name)

Dolores
Nuestra Señora de los Dolores. El Viso del Alcor (Seville, Spain)
Pronunciation	doh-LOR-iss
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/Name	Latin
Meaning	sorrowful, sorrows, pain
Other names
Related names	Lola, Lolita (name)

Dolores (or Delores) is a given name.

Etymology

Some correlate the name with the English word "dolorous" (meaning sorrowful). In Spanish, where it is more prevalent, it is short for La Virgen María de los Dolores, "Virgin Mary of Sorrows", and is often shortened to the more colloquial forms Lola, Lolita or Loli.

Variants

• Addolorata Italian
• Delora English
• Delores English
• Deloris English
• Dolores English, Spanish
• Dolors Catalan
• Dores Galician, Portuguese
• Lola English, Spanish
• Lolicia English
• Lolita Spanish

People

• Dolores Costello (1903-1979), American actress
• Dolores del Río (1905–1983), Mexican actress
• Dolores Hart (born 1938), American nun and former actress
• Dolores Huerta (born 1930), American labor activist
• Dolores Ibárruri (1895–1989), "La Pasionaria", Spanish politician
• Dolores Keane (born 1953), Irish folk singer
• Delores G. Kelley (born 1936), American politician
• Dolores McNamara (born 1960), EuroMillions lottery winner
• Delores McQuinn (born 1954), American politician
• Dolores O'Riordan (born 1971), Irish singer and songwriter
• Dolores Pedrares (born 1973), Spanish hammer thrower
• María Dolores Pradera (born 1924), Spanish singer
• C. Delores Tucker (1927–2005), American politician

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