Lola (given name)

Infobox Given name 2
name = Lola | gender = female

Our Lady of Sorrows, the title for the Virgin Mary from which the name Lola is derived.
pronunciation= | meaning = "sorrows"
region = Spain | origin = Spanish short form of Dolores
related names = Dolores, Lolita| footnotes =

Lola is a feminine given name, a short form of the Spanish name Dolores, meaning "sorrows", a name taken from a title of the Virgin Mary: "Virgen Maria de los Dolores", or "Our Lady of Sorrows."

The short form Lola has been rising in popularity in several countries in the past decade. It was the 270th most popular name for baby girls born in the United States in 2007, up from 279th place in 2006 and 375th place in 2005; was ranked as the 64th most popular name for baby girls in Spain in 2006; was ranked as the 51st most popular name for baby girls in England and Wales in 2007; was the 17th most popular name for baby girls in France in 2004; and was the 20th most popular name for baby girls in Belgium in 2006. [ [http://www.behindthename.com/name/lola Behind the Name] ]

Though the name originated with a title for the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ, Lola has also acquired a number of contrasting sensual associations. 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." [Rosenkrantz, Linda, and Satran, Pamela Redmond (2008). "Cool Names for Babies". St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 978-0-312-37786-1] 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, a diminutive form of the name, is associated with the 1955 novel "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov about a pedophile's obsession with a 12-year-old girl, Lolita. "Lolita" has since become a term for a sexually precocious young girl. In 1992, 16-year-old Amy Fisher gained notoriety as the "Long Island Lolita" after she shot her much older lover's wife. The name's sexually-charged image is also due to associations with "Lola," a 1970 The Kinks song about a young man's encounter with a transvestite named Lola.

The title character in the 1998 German 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.

The naming of several children of celebrities in the past decade has increased the popularity of the name. Madonna uses the nickname "Lola" for her daughter Lourdes Leon, born in 1996. Entertainers Kelly Ripa, Chris Rock, Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen, Carnie Wilson and Annie Lennox all have daughters named Lola. The name was also used for a granddaughter of Camilla Parker Bowles.

Lola (Uzbek for tulip) is also a feminine name in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

People named Lola

*Lola, a pornographic movie actress
*Lola, a French singer
*Lola the Vamp, Australian burlesque dancer
*Lola Albright, American singer and actress
*Lola Almudevar, British journalist and news reporter
*Lola Alvarez Bravo, Mexican photographer
*Lola Anglada, Catalan writer and illustrator
*Lola Astanova, Russian-born classical pianist
*Lola Beltrán, Mexican ranchera singer
*Lola Berthet, Argentine actress
*Lola Bobesco, Belgian violinist of Romanian origin
*Lolah Burford, American author
*Lola Cotton, American vaudeville hypnotist and mentalist of the early 20th century
*Lola Davidson, American actress
*Lola Dueñas, Spanish actress
*Lola Falana, American dancer and actress
*Lola Flores, Spanish singer, dancer, and actress
*Lola Forner, Spanish actress
*Lola Gaos, Spanish actress
*Lola Glaudini, American actress
*Lola Graham, Australian musician
*Lola Herrera, Spanish actress
*Lola Kutty, alter ego of Indian entertainer Anuradha Menon
*Lola Lane, American actress
*Lola J. May, American mathematics educator, author and consultant
*Lola Lemire Tostevin, Canadian poet and novelist
*Lola Luv, Ethiopian-born hip hop model
*Lola Martinez, news broadcaster
*Lola Montez, Irish-born actress and dancer and courtesan
*Lola Mora, Argentine sculptor
*Lola Muñoz, Spanish singer
*Lola Novaković, Serbian writer
*Lola Pagnani, Italian actress
*Lola Ridge, Irish-born anarchist poet and editor of Marxist publications
*Lola Rodríguez de Tio, Puerto Rican poet
*Lola Sanchez, Australian actress
*Lola Todd, American actress
*Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey, British artist, writer, and peer

Fictional characters

*Lola LaBamba, alter ego of the character Lilly Truscott on the Disney TV series "Hannah Montana".
*Lola Limekiller, a minor character in the comic strip Bloom County.
*Lola Mbola, character in animated French television series "Robotboy".
*Lola, a character on the Spanish television series "Lola & Virginia"
*Lola...Erase una vez

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