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Lola

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spanishsenorita25 · 08/09/2024 08:49

So following on from my other tread, having done some research it seems Lola is used quite a bit in Spain. Not used as much as Sofia or Lucia.
There is also some different meanings out there and positive meanings not just "woman of sorrows". It's really growing on me and rolls off the tongue.

What are your thoughts on Lola?
Does it sound Spanish enough?
What is your favourite out of Lola, Lucia or Sofia? And which would you pick?

Thank you.

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localnotail · 08/09/2024 22:20

spanishsenorita25 · 08/09/2024 21:04

Thank you, I'm definitely starting to get attached to Lola. It just rolls off the tongue and there's something really appealing about it.

Well, I'm not dumb but I can't understand
Why she walk like a woman and talk like a man
Oh my Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
La-la-la-la Lola

Is this why? (sorry, could not stop myself)

PurpleChrayn · 08/09/2024 21:16

"She was Lola in slacks"

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spanishsenorita25 · 08/09/2024 21:04

Thank you, I'm definitely starting to get attached to Lola. It just rolls off the tongue and there's something really appealing about it.

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Arlanymor · 08/09/2024 16:54

The new MP for Darlington is Lola McEvoy. So it’s a name that has been around in the UK for a while, can’t speak for Spain.

HeySummerWhereAreYou · 08/09/2024 16:52

I prefer Sofia .. Lola is a showgirl - who dated Rico, or was it Tony?

Anyway! That's where my mind goes, when I hear LOLA!

Catandsquirrel · 08/09/2024 16:51

Love Lola (Kinks fan) but Dolores is beautiful if you have a Spanish connection. Out of the others Sofia. I'd go for Luz over Lucia, personally, if indeed you have a Spanish connection.

Moreteaandchocolate · 08/09/2024 16:50

I love the name Lola and only have positive associations with it. I think the current generation won’t associate it with some of the things mentioned on here, just with being a pretty name that’s familiar, simple, easy to spell and pronounce and lovely for all ages. I like that it’s not so overused as Sofia too.

AmiablePedant · 08/09/2024 16:43

Bigearringsbigsmile · 08/09/2024 09:09

All of this....
" she tastes just like cherry cola.....L o la lola!"

Literally started singing it as I read your thread title.

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It was the cheap champagne in the club in old Soho that tastes just like cherry cola . . . (sorry, have that song by heart).

Brbreeze · 08/09/2024 12:37

I like Sofia, not keen on Lucia.

A friend has a 4yo Lola, I initially thought of the song a few years ago but not as a negative. Now having children myself I know lots of Lola’s and it’s just a pretty, reasonably popular girls name.

shoopshoopdedoo · 08/09/2024 12:30

I really like it! I think it’s my favourite of your three choices.

I love Sofia too, but it’s very popular and I think Lola is more interesting. I really don’t like Lucia as there are so many ways to pronounce it and I find it a bit too frilly.

user1492757084 · 08/09/2024 12:22

I love Lola - simple and womanly.

Do you like ..
Luciana
Elisabeta
Catalina
Leonor
Gabriela
Josefina
Marina
Elena
Julia
Blanca
Ana
Claudia
Victoria
Camila

Etincelle · 08/09/2024 12:06

I'd pick Lola.

JaxiiTaxii · 08/09/2024 12:03

There's a Lola in my DC2s class and I can't hear it without thinking 'she was a show girl'.

Lucia is lovely.

RockGirl · 08/09/2024 12:01

Lola is a nickname. If you want to use it, pick a proper name then use Lola as a nickname.

Piggywaspushed · 08/09/2024 10:41

Indeed, but I am commenting on the fact that there are now plenty of teenage girls called Lola!

fedupoftheheatnow · 08/09/2024 10:40

Piggywaspushed · 08/09/2024 09:16

I've taught plenty of Lolas ; its relatively popular. The Kinks and Manilow associations are not of 30 year old parents' generation.

I think of Lola in Atonement, which isn't a good thing either, but I guess it is a 1930s name, therefore, and those names are back in fashion.

I don't think you can speak for everyone I'm 30 and first thing I thought of was The Kinks song

theduchessofspork · 08/09/2024 10:33

I like it, it's cute, but I think it's a bit babyish/nick namey - so I'd called her Eloise or Eloisa (both of which work in Spain) nn Lola

Lucia and Sofia are both too overused, I agree

localnotail · 08/09/2024 10:19

That song!! Also, Lolita. So a big No from me.

Sofia is lovely.

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spanishsenorita25 · 08/09/2024 10:12

@readyforroundthree unfortunately I don't have anyone I can ask. I'm relocating and don't know anyone. I've searched on social media babies called Lola and there are a good few coming up for Spanish babies born with the name.

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readyforroundthree · 08/09/2024 09:54

spanishsenorita25 · 08/09/2024 09:51

Thank you, I think you might be right that the association's aren't there anymore. But also baby will be raised in Spain, and not even sure if the association's are a thing over there?

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No matter what name you put, there's always going to be someone that says it reminds them of this or reminds them of that. I think all of your suggestions are inoffensive names, for this country anyway. If you are going to be living in Spain do you not have anyone there that you could ask?

FairCity · 08/09/2024 09:53

Ah, might well be different in Spain, sorry, I was answering from a UK perspective. I’m only 40 though and have lots of friends my age still having babies - that song looms very large!

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spanishsenorita25 · 08/09/2024 09:51

readyforroundthree · 08/09/2024 09:28

I don't mind Lola, but I prefer Sofia or Lucia just because I think Lola is used a lot.

PP comments about the name Lola reminding them of song that was released 54 years ago means absolutely nothing to this generation of parents.

Thank you, I think you might be right that the association's aren't there anymore. But also baby will be raised in Spain, and not even sure if the association's are a thing over there?

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spanishsenorita25 · 08/09/2024 09:50

@FairCity and @SausageRoll2020and @Bigearringsbigsmile
Baby will be brought up in Spain. I've done a lot of research on social media and seen quite a few birth announcements for babies called Lola. So I'm wondering if the association's are just not there in Spain? As they would be in the UK.

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readyforroundthree · 08/09/2024 09:28

I don't mind Lola, but I prefer Sofia or Lucia just because I think Lola is used a lot.

PP comments about the name Lola reminding them of song that was released 54 years ago means absolutely nothing to this generation of parents.