Lola

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lola"

English

Etymology

From Spanish Lola.

Pronunciation

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,

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From Spanish Lola.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

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

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔ.la/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔla
  • Syllabification: Lo‧la

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Lola f

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Karolina
Declension

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Lola f

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Karola
Declension

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish Lola.

Proper noun

Lola f

  1. a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Lola
Declension

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Lola f

  1. Lola (a prefecture of Guinea)
  2. Lola (a town in Lola prefecture, Guinea)
Declension

Further reading

  • Lola in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

A 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

Descendants

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

Anagrams

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

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Lola c (genitive Lolas)

  1. a female given name

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

See lola.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈlola/ [ˈloː.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 BasyangGrandma Gervaise

Anagrams

Uzbek

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic Лола
Latin Lola
Afghan Uzbek

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Lola

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