- Lolita (name)
Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Lolita
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pronunciation =
gender = Female
meaning = Suffering
region = Hispanic
origin = Spanish
related names = Lola,Dolores
footnotes =Lolita (pronEng|lɒlˈiːtə or IPA|/ləˈliːtə/; US IPA|/loʊˈliːtə/) [cite web
url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?dict=CALD&key=46999&ph=on
title=Lolita
work=Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
publisher=Cambridge Dictionaries Online
accessdate=2007-08-04] is a femalegiven name of Spanish origin. It is the diminutive form of Lola, itself a diminutive form ofDolores (Spanish: suffering).The name was made famous by
Vladimir Nabokov 's 1955 novel "Lolita ". Due to its associations with the novel's title character, the name has acquired the meaning of a sexually precocious girl. [cite web
url=http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/lolita?view=uk
title=Lolita
work=Compact Oxford English Dictionary
publisher=AskOxford.com
accessdate=2007-05-30] A UK retail chain was criticised in January 2008 for branding as "Lolita" a bed aimed at young girls. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7242623.stm Help, my name's Lolita] , BBC,13 February 2008 ]Popularity
According to the
United States Social Security Administration , the popularity of the name Lolita peaked in the United States in 1963, when it was the 467th most popular female name. The name's popularity dropped since then; the SSA has not ranked Lolita in the top 1000 most popular female names since 1973. [cite web
url=http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/
title=Popular Baby Names
publisher=Social Security Administration
date=2007-05-14
accessdate=2007-05-30]According to the 1990 US Census, Lolita was ranked the 969th most frequent female name out of 4,275 unique names. [cite web
url=http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.female.first
title=dist.female.first
publisher=U.S. Census Bureau
accessdate=2007-05-30]The name remains popular in some other countries, e.g. Latvia where its
name day is 30 May. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7242623.stm Help, my name's Lolita] , BBC,13 February 2008 ]References
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