Lolita (given name)

Lolita
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameSpanish
Meaning"Sorrows" or "pains"
Region of originSpain
Other names
Related namesLola, Dolores

Lolita (/ləˈliːtə/, /lɒlˈiːtə/, or US: /loʊˈliːtə/)[1] is a female given name of Spanish origin. It is the diminutive form of Lola, a hypocorism of Dolores, which means "sorrows" or "pains" in Spanish[2] and is the reference to Nuestra Señora de los Dolores (Our Lady of Sorrows), one of Spanish titles of Mary, mother of Jesus.

Popularity

According to the United States Social Security Administration, the popularity of the name Lolita peaked in the United States in 1963, when it was the 467th most popular female name. The SSA has not ranked Lolita in the top 1000 most popular female names given since 1973,[3] and in the 1990 United States census, Lolita was ranked the 969th most frequent female name out of 4,275 unique names.[4]

Despite its association with Vladimir Nabokov's scandalous 1955 novel Lolita, the name remains popular in some other countries, e.g. Latvia where its name day is 30 May.[2]

Notable people

Fictional characters

  • Lolita, 12-year-old Dolores Haze in Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lolita". Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Cambridge Dictionaries Online. Retrieved 4 August 2007.
  2. 1 2 "Help, my name's Lolita" by Brendan O'Neill, BBC News, 13 February 2008
  3. ↑ "Popular Baby Names". Social Security Administration. 14 May 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
  4. ↑ "dist.female.first". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 21 March 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
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