Lola

See also: lola

English

Etymology

From Spanish Lola.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Lola

A female given name from Spanish.
- 1933 Eleanor Farjeon, Over the Garden Wall,Faber and Faber 1933, page 91 ("Girls' Names")
  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

a female given name from Spanish

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Lola.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɔ.la/, /lo.la/

Proper noun

Lola f

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

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.

Proper noun

Lola c (genitive Lolas)

a female given name

Anagrams

olla

Tagalog

Etymology

See lola.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Lo‧la

IPA^(key): /ˈlola/, [ˈlo.lɐ]

Noun

Lola (masculine Lolo)

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 Persian ‎ (lâle, “tulip”).

Proper noun

Lola

a female given name from Persian, meaning “tulip”