Lola

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I'm not pregnant, TTC, etc - this is purely for future reference...

What could Lola be a nickname for? I think it's a gorgeous name, but I feel like it needs to be a nickname for something more serious and/or professional. I know that it's traditionally short for Dolores, but that name doesn't appeal to my senses at all. Any thoughts?

Also, do y'all think it would be weird for a child not of Hispanic descent to be named Lola? Every Lola I've ever known of has been partially Hispanic, and I am most certainly not. :(

Comments

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's too cultural based to be used outside of the culture if that makes sense. It's just a pretty name :)

Lolita could definitely be shortened to Lola. It could be a nickname for Charlotte, but that might be a stretch. Louisa could possibly be in the same boat as Charlotte.

Also, a variant of Lola is Loela. I don't know how you feel about that.

[neroli.livejournal.com]

Actually, Lolita is the nickname for Lola (-ita being the diminutive). :)

[hiding-sexually.livejournal.com]

well yes, but if you haven't had spanish, most people don't know this :)

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Oooh, Charlotte's a good idea! It has the lo, which is all that Dolores has, really. Thanks for the suggestion!

I think I prefer Lola to Loela, but I am glad to know that Lola isn't too Hispanic for me to use. Thanks!

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

I love Charlotte for a name and Lola is really pretty so yay :)

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Charlotte is a good one, though I'm not sure how I feel about Louise. I had thought about Lourdes, but I think that the name is so closely associated with Madonna's daughter that people would always assume that I'd named her for Madonna's daughter. :/

[sacre.livejournal.com]

The song Lola is about a transvestite?

[ashadelic.livejournal.com]

My cousin's wife's name is Laura and she goes by Lo, surely if Laura can be shortened to Lo, it can be shortened to Lola. Then again I also knew a girl in high school whose name was Laura and she went by Lollie.

[fairycoppie88.livejournal.com]

Lola always felt like a full name to me... I love it. Like someone said above, Lolita is the nickname for Lola. But I think Lola could be a good nickname for Dolores and Charlotte.

[solyma.livejournal.com]

this post reminded me of a similar post from a few months ago... i searched for it and you were the poster ;) hehe (http://community.livejournal.com/baby_names/349865.html)

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Heh, yeah. My favorite suggestions from that post were later debunked, and since this community recently exploded with new members, I thought I'd ask again and see if I got any new answers. :)

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

I'm a new member so I went and looked at that post. The only thing I really have to say is that I don't think the song(s) issue will really be one. I've never heard of those songs (I'm 20) so I doubt it would be used as a teasing thing, especially once you add the years it would take your future child to reach middle school or whenever the teasing would start.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm seventeen, so I figure that those songs will be at least forty years old by the time my future children are old enough to be teased about songs. So, the song thing doesn't worry me (unless a popular band manages to give the name Lola another negative connotation :/).

[tokossel.livejournal.com]

i really like it! the only thing that would put me off is the meaning (of dolores, which it's usually shortened for) which is 'sorrow'.
i can't think of what other names it could be a nickname for- charlotte was a good suggestion!

more "lo" names

[solyma.livejournal.com]

i'm not sure if any of these will work, but i thought i'd throw them out there...

abelone
alodia
aloisia
alona
alondra
carlota
chloe
clover
clovia
delora
elodia
eloise
lilo
liselotte
mallory
penelope
polona
salome
sloane
valora
valorie
willow
yolonda
zlota

i like: alona, alondra, chloe, delora, elodia, and eloise.

Re: more "lo" names

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Oh, awesome! Thank you! I really like Carlota and Willow. :)

[cathkitten.livejournal.com]

Lola/Lolita can be a nickname for Charlotte.

[coconutchica.livejournal.com]

I think that you can really pick any "L" name and use Lola. I've always wondered how Jack came from John, for example