Lolita (name)
Encyclopedia
Lolita is a female given name
of Spanish
origin. It is the diminutive form of Lola
, a form of the given name Dolores
.
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 name's popularity dropped since then; the SSA has not ranked Lolita in the top 1000 most popular female names since 1973.
According to the 1990 US Census
, Lolita was ranked the 969th most frequent female name out of 4,275 unique names.
The name remains popular in some other countries, e.g. Latvia where its name day
is 30 May.
People known as Lolita
Fictional characters
's 1955 novel Lolita
and its film adaptations in 1962 and 1997. A UK retail chain
was criticised in January 2008 for branding as "Lolita" a bed aimed at young girls.
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
of Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
origin. It is the diminutive form of Lola
Lola (given name)
Lola is a feminine given name, a short form of the Spanish name Dolores, meaning "sorrows", a name taken from a title of the Virgin Mary: Virgen Maria de los Dolores, or Our Lady of Sorrows. Lola may also be used as a short form of the unrelated German name Aloisia.The name Lola is also common in...
, a form of the given name Dolores
Dolores (given name)
-Etymology:Some correlate the name with the English word "dolorous" . In Spanish, where it is more prevalent, it is short for La Virgen María de los Dolores, "Virgin Mary of Sorrows", and is often shortened to the more colloquial forms Lola, Lolita or Loli.-Variants:*Addolorata Italian*Delora...
.
Popularity
According to the United StatesUnited States
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Social Security Administration
Social Security Administration
The United States Social Security Administration is an independent agency of the United States federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits...
, the popularity of the name Lolita peaked in the United States in 1963, when it was the 467th most popular female name. The name's popularity dropped since then; the SSA has not ranked Lolita in the top 1000 most popular female names since 1973.
According to the 1990 US Census
United States Census, 1990
The Twenty-first United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 248,709,873, an increase of 9.8 percent over the 226,545,805 persons enumerated during the 1980 Census....
, Lolita was ranked the 969th most frequent female name out of 4,275 unique names.
The name remains popular in some other countries, e.g. Latvia where its name day
Name day
A name day is a tradition in many countries in Europe and Latin America that consists of celebrating the day of the year associated with one's given name....
is 30 May.
Notable people with this name
- Lolita AnanasovaLolita AnanasovaLolita Ananasova is a Ukrainian synchro-swimmer. Ananasova won the three bronze medals at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships.- Career :...
(born 1992), Ukrainian swimmer - Lolita ChakrabartiLolita ChakrabartiLolita Chakrabarti is an actress and writer based in London, United Kingdom.As an actress she has worked extensively on stage and screen...
(born 1969), British actress - Lolita de la ColinaLolita de la ColinaLolita De La Colina is a popular singer and songwriter from the 70's based in Mexico. She has written songs for Manoella Torres, Lupita D'Alessio, Sophy, José José, José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma", Daniela Romo, Arianna, Stephanie Salas Raphael, Moncho,Manolo Munoz,Vicky Carr,Trigo limpio,Ana...
, popular singer/songwriter from the 1970s based in Mexico - Lolita DavidovichLolita DavidovichLolita Davidovich is a Canadian film and television actress.-Early life and career:Davidovich was born in London, Ontario, the daughter of immigrants from Yugoslavia. Her father was from Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, and her mother was from Slovenia; she spoke only Serbian during her early years...
, Canadian actress (born 1961 of Yugoslavian parents) - Lolita FilesLolita FilesLolita Files is a contemporary African-American author of several novels. Her most popular books include Scenes from a Sistah and Child of God. Files has a degree in Broadcast Journalism and resides in Los Angeles, CA...
, African-American author - Lolita FloresLolita FloresLolita Flores is a Spanish actress and singer.She is the daughter of Lola Flores and Antonio González, sister of Antonio Flores and Rosario Flores...
(born 1958), Spanish actress and singer, daughter of Lola Flores - Lolita Gooden (born 1969), real name of Roxanne Shanté, American hip-hop pioneer
- Lolita KreivaitienėLolita KreivaitienėLolita Kreivaitienė is a Lithuanian designer.Since 1984 she has participated in exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad. She held an individual exhibition in Hamburg in 1992. Her works are on display at the Lithuanian Art Museum.-References:...
(born 1960), Lithuanian designer - Lolita LebrónLolita LebrónDolores "Lolita" Lebrón Sotomayor was a Puerto Rican nationalist who wasconvicted of attempted murder and other crimes after leading an assault on the United States House of Representatives in 1954,...
(1919–2010), Puerto Rican independence activist - Lolita MilyavskayaLolita MilyavskayaLolita Markovna Milyavskaya ; born 14 November 1963, Mukachevo, Transcarpathian Region, Ukrainian SSR), is a Russian singer, actress, TV and film director, better known under the pseudonym stage Lolita.-External links:...
(born 1963), Russian singer, actress and film director - Lolita MorenaLolita MorenaLolita Laure Morena is a Swiss model, actress and television hostess.-Miss Switzerland:She was a student in archaeology when she won the Miss Switzerland pageant in 1982. She went on to represent her country at Miss World 1982 and Miss Universe 1983...
(born 1960), Swiss actress - Lolita PilleLolita PilleLolita Pille is a French author, best known for her two novels: Paris 75016: Hell's Diary and Bubble Gum.- Bibliography :* Hell, Grasset, 2002, ISBN 224663251X* Bubble Gum, Grasset, 2004, ISBN 2246644119...
(born 1982), French author - Lolita RitmanisLolita RitmanisLolita Ritmanis is an American composer. Nominated for ten Emmy Awards, she won the award in 2002 for her work on the animated series Batman Beyond.-Early life:...
(born 1962), American composer - Lolita TizolLolita TizolLolita Tizol was a Puerto Rican educator.Tizol was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on June 19, 1890. She spent her live educating children at a time when most people in Ponce, as most of Puerto Rico, did not know how to read and write, and when teachers were paid only $50USD per month, even in the large...
(born 1890), Puerto Rican educator
People known as Lolita
- Lolita (Austrian singer) (1931—2010), stage name of Edith Zuser
- Amy FisherAmy FisherAmy Elizabeth Fisher is an American woman who became known as "the Long Island Lolita" by the media in 1992, when, at the age of 17, she shot and severely wounded Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of her lover Joey Buttafuoco...
(born 1974), American woman known as "the Long Island Lolita" - Lolita LempickaLolita LempickaLolita Lempicka is the pseudonym of Josiane Maryse Pividal , a French fashion designer. The pseudonym is meant to be an homage to the novelist Vladimir Nabokov and the Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka, combining the nickname of the title character of the former's Lolita with the surname of the...
, Josiane Maryse Pividal (born 1954), French fashion designer - Lolita RodriguesLolita RodriguesSílvia Gonçalves Rodrigues Leite is a Brazilian television actress and presenter.-Telenovelas:*2009 - Viver a Vida .... as Noêmia*2006 - Pé na Jaca .... as Carmen*1999 / 2006 - Zorra Total .... as Ornela...
, Sílvia Gonçalves Rodrigues Leite (born 1929), Brazilian actress
Fictional characters
- Lolita, 12-year-old Dolores Haze in Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel LolitaLolitaLolita is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first written in English and published in 1955 in Paris and 1958 in New York, and later translated by the author into Russian...
Usage as a word
The name is sometimes used as a term to indicate a sexually precocious girl, due to its association with the title character of Vladimir NabokovVladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a multilingual Russian novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist...
's 1955 novel Lolita
Lolita
Lolita is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first written in English and published in 1955 in Paris and 1958 in New York, and later translated by the author into Russian...
and its film adaptations in 1962 and 1997. A UK retail chain
Woolworths Group
Woolworths Group plc was a listed British company that owned the high-street retail chain, Woolworths, as well as other brands such as the entertainment distributor Entertainment UK and book and resource distributor Bertram Books...
was criticised in January 2008 for branding as "Lolita" a bed aimed at young girls.