Lola

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lola"

English

Etymology

From Spanish Lola.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈləʊlə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈloʊlə/
• Rhymes: -əʊlə

Proper noun

Lola

1. A female given name from Spanish.
   • 1933, Eleanor Farjeon, “Girls' Names”, in Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 91:

     What lovely names for girls there are!
     There's Stella like the Evening Star,
     And Sylvia like a rustling tree,
     And Lola like a melody,

Related terms

• Lolita

Anagrams

• 'allo, -alol, allo, allo-, lalo, olla

Dutch

Etymology

From Spanish Lola.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Lola f

1. a female given name from Spanish

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Lola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔ.la/, /lo.la/

Proper noun

Lola f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

• Popular given name in France in the 2000s and the 2010s.

Anagrams

• allô

Spanish

Etymology

diminutive of Dolores. Apocope of a kiddish form of Dolores.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlola/ [ˈlo.la]
• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: Lo‧la

Proper noun

Lola f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Dolores, from Old Spanish [in turn from Latin]

Derived terms

• Lolita

 

Descendants

• English: Lola
• French: Lola
• Swedish: Lola

Anagrams

• Lalo
• olla

Swedish

Etymology

From Spanish Lola, first recorded as a Swedish given name in 1893. Has also been used as a pet form of Carola and Viola.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Lola c (genitive Lolas)

1. a female given name

Anagrams

• olla

Tagalog

Etymology

See lola.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlola/ [ˈlo.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: Lo‧la

Noun

Lola (masculine Lolo, Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜎ)

1. honorific used before the name of a grandmother: Grandma; Grandmama; Granny

   Lola Basyang ― Grandma Gervaise

Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic	Лола (Lola)‍
Latin	Lola‍
Perso-Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai لاله, from Classical Persian لَالَه (lāla, “tulip”).

Proper noun

Lola

1. a female given name from Persian, meaning “tulip”