Lola?

[DaydreamDolly]

what do you think?
We already have a Ruby. Surname is short and begins with F

I wanted dd to be Dolores/Lola/Lolly.

We foolishly told a few people before hard and FIL said 'Sounds like a prostitute' and another friend said 'Sounds like a stripper'.

After that dp vetoed it.

Dd is now three and it would have suited her down to the ground.

Thanks WTWTW I do still love Lola and I have put it back on the table... I compromised with DD1's name and although I love it now and it suits her, I don't want to compromise again. I think I care too much what people think. Suppose that's human nature tho.

Thanks Daydream :)

I think that's my problem, I worry too much. I love the name Lola but it's other opinions that have made me doubt it. Although it's too late now!

If you want other boys ideas, I have a Joseph and a Gabriel.

Definitely outed now! :o

It sounds dated already IMO, especially Lola Grace/Lola Rose.

Does it sound dated?? I think Karen and Susan sound dated, not Lola?

I don't personally know of any Lola's so am genuinely interested, not being shirty.

I don't do cutesy middle names so that's not an issue for us. I agree the Grace/Rose/May midde names are already dated.

I think it dated in that i'd expect a Lola to be between 5 and 10. That's seems to be when the name was really in vogue. But i'm sure there still loads of little baby Lola's. It won't fall out of fashion so quick but I think in 30 years it'll be a name like Karen i.e. that will place your year of birth to a certain decade or so.

the lola's I know are both Lola belle (not sure of the other's)

All four of them are under 2 years old.

Op if you like it go for it. A thread on here recently said my DD2's name is very popular, I've never met another one, of any age. The only one's i'm aware of are minor celebs dc or other mntters dc.

Mine is Lola Mae

I have a Lola. There aren't that many round here (I'm pretty sure she's the only one just starting reception in her school) and when I tell people her name they often remark on it being unusual!

Yes, it is dated, sorry. In the same way that Anything Mae, Grace or Rose is dated. Amelie is another one. Hundreds of little girls aged between 0 and 8 but none over that age. But then my middle name is Louise which was the Grace/Mae/Rose of my generation, and my name (Katherine) would have sounded dated to someone naming a child in the late 80s.

My 8 week old niece is a Lola Mae (Mae as the mn, it's not a hyphenated first name). I wasn't fond at first but she's beautiful and therefore I now also think that the name is. People will be the same of your DD no matter whether you call her Lola or Sneaky .

It is a beautiful name, but have been put off as I know 3 pets called Lola (including one of our cats who came from the rescue centre already named).

I really liked the name Lola, but me being older it was too connected to 1. being a showgirl and 2. being the woman who walked like a man.....transvestite (was it a Kinks song, can't remember?) Lo - lo lo lola......

Puts me in mind of Humbert Humbert. "She was Lola in slacks"...