Gender | Female |
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Word/name | Spanish |
Meaning | Suffering |
Region of origin | Spain |
Related names | Lola, Dolores |
Lolita (/ləˈliːtə/, /lɒlˈiːtə/, or US: /loʊˈliːtə/) is a female given name of Spanish origin. It is the diminutive form of Lola, a hypocorism of Dolores, which means "suffering" in Spanish.
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, and in the 1990 United States 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.