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Lola is a name with the connotation of excessively seductive. From theater, to music, to cartoons, Lola seems to be a bit slutty. So, why would I make a page on this topic? Do I have a problem with the name Lola? Has one Lola tainted me against all Lolas?
No. I have no problem with the name Lola. I kind of like it. I don't even know any Lolas. But I do think that Lola has the evokes the image of a vamp, and I am a little concerned with all the babies being named Lola. Why put that on a kid? I think Lola is more of a name to take on. If your personality is Lola, then use it as your nickname, stage name, pen name. If you NEED to name your kid Lola, make it a middle name - so if their personality is Lola they can use it - if not they can make it 'L'.
Do you really think there will be a President Lola? Secretary of State Lola? etc.
History of the Name Lola
So, What Does Lola Mean Anyway?
Other sources, like ThinkBabyNames.com state that Lola is a derivitive of Doloros, meaning "sorrows" - from Maria de los Dolores (the Virgin Mary, or Mary of the Sorrows.)
Related names are Louise, Charlotte, and Carol, Doloros, and Lolita (with only Lolita coming anywhere close to the seductive nature of Lola).
Lola in Music
The Top 3 Lola Songs
Not hard, huh? Thats because it's probably been stuck in your head since you hit this page. Odds are it is one of these (lyrics printed a the bottom of the page).
1) Copacabana - "Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl"
2) Whatever Lola Wants - "Whatever Lola wants
Lola gets And little man, little Lola wants you"
3) Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola - "But Lola smiled and took me by the hand And said dear boy Im gonna make you a man" - (Even if Lola ends up being a man, he was a slutty man. And, why do you think he chose the name Lola?)
Lola Montez: Slutty Lola Pioneer
(February 17, 1821 - January 17, 1861)
Lola Montez was was an Irish-born dancer and actress who became famous as an exotic dancer, courtesan and the mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria.Historian Michael Cannon says "In September 1855 she performed her erotic Spider Dance at the Theatre Royal in Melbourne, raising her skirts so high that the audience could see she wore no underclothing at all. Next day the Argus thundered that her performance was 'utterly subversive to all ideas of public morality'. Respectable families ceased to attend the theatre, which began to show heavy losses." (Melbourne After the Gold Rush, p.313-4).
Your Thoughts
Is Lola a sexy and seductive name?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byYep it is.
LOLA says:
My name is Lola, and I love it! It is a beautiful name! I get complimented on it all the time! The name Lola can be anything you make it, just like any other name, so leave my name alone and get a life! LOL
Posted November 20, 2009
tetka says:
Pro Arte - Lola (Live in Bulgaria, 1973.)
Posted November 07, 2009
Bonny says:
When I think of Lola, I think of the book Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. I had to study it for my Psychology course. It's a very controversial story about a middle aged man who becomes obsessed with a really young girl. Her name was Dolores Haze. That book is the reason the name "Lolita" got associated to mean a sexually precocious young girl. Does it make all girls who are named Lola or Lolita slutty? No, I don't think so. But does Lola sound slutty? Yes, simply because of this famous book.
Posted October 06, 2009
... says:
what sort of name is Kab? you need to sort your own name out... then focus on Lola!
Posted September 20, 2009
No, it's not.
Lola says:
my name is LOLA!!:(
Posted December 10, 2009
Nikki says:
If a woman wants it to be so it will. My 1 1/2 year old daughter is named Lola and it suits her personality: a sillyheart and a kind, sweet girl. It's a meloldic name that is fun to say. Is it any wonder there are songs about it?
Posted November 13, 2009
kristen says:
My 4 month old baby girl is named Lola, and I don't think she is going to be at all slutty; spoiled maybe but not slutty. It's horrible to stereotype someone by their name. Plus it is a very unusual name, not very many women are named Lola: that's why we picked it because of it's uniqueness.
Posted October 19, 2009
Lola says:
My name is Lola, and i love my name, when ever i meet people they tell me how lovely my name is, and how much it suits me, and im not slutty in the slightest!! you cant stereotype anyone by there name, thats just ridiculous!! why would anyone want to hide there name!! its ur name, and u shouldnt have to change to suit it!
Posted July 12, 2009
Lola in Cartoon
Lola Bunny
Even in cartoon form, Lola is a little slutty. Warner Bros. Studios' Lola Bunny is a female rabbit in a romantic relationship with Bugs Bunny. She is indeed seductive.Lola Bunny can be seen in Space Jam.
What do you think?
Blue Angel
(1930)
Blue Angel (1930) - German with English Subtitles
Amazon Price: (as of 12/22/2009) 
FILM 050 - CINEMATIC NAMES: Looking for Lola
Couse description:
- CINE 050.401 - Looking for Lola
- Course Description: We all know about Eve and Mary, two names that readily designate opposite relations to masculinity and sexuality. But what about Lola? Beginning in the early twentieth century, the name of Lola has gripped the imagination of directors and screenwriters and launched a cinematic tradition. The name is certainly based on Lola Montez, a nineteenth-century British woman of humble origins who used her sexuality and prevaricating charm to rise to worldwide renown as an erotic dancer and the lover of composers (Lizst) and kings (Ludwig of Bavaria), leaving disaster in her wake. Ever since Marlene Dietrich's seductive role as Lola Lola, the risqué nightclub entertainer in Joseph Sternberg's scandalous Blue Angel (1930), the name Lola has specified the realm of the quintessential vamp. In this course we will explore the cinematic femininity, sexuality and gender associated with the name Lola (and its close cousins Lulu and Lolita). We will encounter Lolas of ambiguous, precocious, calculating, and irresistible sexuality: a Turkish-German transvestite, a sexual nymph, a schemer during Germany's economic miracle, and a man-killer eventually slain by Jack the Ripper. What is remarkable about the films associated with Lola is that each discovers her anew and contributes to a complex nexus of issues involving sexuality, pleasure, knowledge, and power, far more interesting, in the final analysis, than the alternatives of Mary and Eve.
Professor: Richter, Simon
Lola Items
Video Clips of Lola
getting pretty with lola
Whatever Lola Wants Lola Gets Jazz
Dana International - Lola
Gwen Verdon in "Damn Yankees"
Stairway to Stardom (1983) - Lola Perazzo
Lola Stuff
Frivolous Lola
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Jacques Demy's Lola
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The Look of Lola
How Lola Can You Go?
Seychelles Women's Lola Wedge Sandal,Black,8 M US
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What do you think?
Leave us a comment
What do you think of Lola? Good name for a baby? a dog? a tranny? Are you a Lola? Do you know any professional Lolas? stripper Lolas? drunken old lady Lolas? lola lola lola
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- HorseAndPony HorseAndPony Sep 25, 2009 @ 11:27 pm
- This is funny. Wow, lots of Lolas responded. I am in the not a name for a baby camp. I guess I grew up singing Lola songs and well you know how they go. Anyhow, love your line - How Lola Can You Go?
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- Lola Lola Mar 17, 2009 @ 12:08 am
- I am a 52 year woman named Lola. I was named after my Great Grandmother to whom was a Saint. I love my name, and always have. I am always getting the songs sung to me, I just laugh and go about my business. I always wished that my mother had named me Lola Marie cause I though that was a beautiful name. But she named me Lola Jan, to which her mother called me Jan because she didn't like the name Lola. Oh well, I never liked her much anyway...lol As far as it being a slutty name, I have know alot of stuts named Molly, so it must not be in the name...Give your baby girl a hug from, and old Lola...Hugs
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- Jennifer Jennifer Oct 7, 2008 @ 12:27 am
- I have a 2 year old named Lola. At first, I was dead set against naming her Lola. I just did what EVERYONE above has done and catagorized my unborn child. However, every AM for 9 months my son Cooper would sit and eat his cornflakes watching Looney Toons. He would rub my belly and talk to his "sweet little Lola bunny baby sister". Needless to say the name grew on me and now we have Lola Marie. I will say I get super irritated when people say " Ohhhh, she is so cute, what is her name?" I say LOLA and then they start singing either Neil Diamond, or, they say, "ya know, whatever Lola wants Lola gets". My little princess is going to HATE me if she has to listen to that for the rest of her life! However, I have no regrets...heck, I am a Jennifer, BORING!
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- CleanerLife CleanerLife Sep 7, 2008 @ 6:23 pm
- You're totally right about the songs, I had the Kinks and Copacabana alternating in my head :)
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- Aug 29, 2008 @ 10:16 am
- It's a brilliant idea for a lens. I like that it covers every conceivable aspect of Lola. I had no idea it was controversial. I've met very nice people named Lola. I read Lolita too, but didn't think to expand the connotations to everyone named Lola.
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- Cat Ward Cat Ward Jul 28, 2008 @ 2:54 pm
- My baby daughter is called Lola-Mai and I think it is a beautiful name and lots of people have commented on this fact so its most definitely not slutty !
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- Piksychick Piksychick Apr 29, 2008 @ 4:32 pm
- Nobody does "Whatever Lola Wants..." better than Sarah Vaughn. Whenever I listen to that song I think seductress, not necessarily slut. To me, there is a difference.
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- SusanVillasLewis SusanVillasLewis Apr 15, 2008 @ 1:53 pm
- Umm. My grandmother was named Dolores and I was named (middle name) after her. And everyone called her Lola. I never knew there was anything at all slutty about the name until I was older. And why did they pick on that name? My grandmother was most definitely not slutty!!
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- LilMizMo LilMizMo Apr 9, 2008 @ 6:05 am
- I know a girl who has the name of Lola, she most certainly is not a slut. she is kind and warm hearted. It is not the name which which is slutty or otherwise bad, it is peoples minds and perceptions.
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- poddys poddys Mar 11, 2008 @ 7:37 pm
- Good idea for a lens and nicely put together. 5 ***** from me.
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- someone taking the lola course at Penn someone taking the lola course at Penn Dec 9, 2007 @ 9:05 pm
- - lovely analysis of the name Lola
- add some info on the name "Lolita" for more evidence
- typo on "University of Pennsylvania"
- overall, nice site!
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- Lola Lola Dec 6, 2007 @ 7:30 pm
- My name is Lola and I'm definitely NOT a slut!
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- Lola Lola Nov 11, 2007 @ 7:47 pm
- My Name is Lola and I really like my name. its not a name that everyone has, it gives me personality and its not that slutty! Lola can be a good name for a kid.
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- Samantha Samantha Oct 19, 2007 @ 6:43 pm
- My daughter was born on the 28th of March this year in Sydney and we named her Lola. We think it is a lyrical sounding name, with great feminine qualities and a little quirky. I laughed when I read the above because her wonderful Grandmother who is eccentric and deliciously feminine is called Lulu!
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- tryty tryty Sep 27, 2007 @ 8:49 am
- Hi kab , Great Lens. I have also created a lens in same niche . Hope u like it? here's a brief intro:
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